Career
After finishing schooling, he worked as a student lawyer for the law office of Brown and Brune in Baltimore. He was admitted to the bar in 1851. He practiced law in Maryland from 1854 until 1858, when he moved to New York. While in New York, he accepted a position as deputy clerk and United States Commissioner in the office of the clerk of the United States district court. He stayed there until 1861, when he returned to Maryland, where he would live for the rest of his life.
He was elected into the Maryland State Senate in 1867 and served two terms. He was elected President of the Senate in 1874.
In 1875 he became the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland, opposed by James Morrison Harris. He won by a majority vote of 10,000. He was inaugurated as governor on January 12, 1876.
During the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Governor Carroll called up the 5th and 6th Regiments of the state militia to stop railroad workers from striking in Cumberland, resulting in riots in Baltimore when the militia attempted to march from their armories to Camden Station. Federal troops were then called in to restore order in Baltimore.
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