Thomas King Carroll

Thomas King Carroll
Governor O'Malley in December 2014
21st Governor of Maryland
In office January 15, 1830 – January 13, 1831
Preceded by	Daniel Martin
Succeeded by	Daniel Martin
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office 1816–1817
Personal details
Born	Thomas King Carroll (1793-04-29)April 29, 1793 Somerset County, Maryland, U.S.
Died	October 3, 1873(1873-10-03) (aged 80) Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Julianna Stevenson

Thomas King Carroll (April 29, 1793 – October 3, 1873) served as the 21st Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1830 to 1831. He also served as a judge, and in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1816 to 1817.

He was born at Kingston Hall, in Somerset County, Maryland on April 29, 1793, the son of Col. Henry James Carroll and Elizabeth (Barnes) King. He was related to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He attended Charlotte Hall School, then in 1802, he entered Washington Academy in Somerset County where he remained for the next eight years. He then become a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1811. Carroll studied law, first in the office of Ephraim King Wilson in Snow Hill, then under Robert Goodloe Harper in Baltimore. On June 23, 1814, he had married Julianna Stevenson and they had nine children, one of whom was Anna Ella Carroll (1815–1893).

Following his father’s death, he returned to Kingston Hall where he became the manager of the family’s estate. Shortly after, he became active in the political affairs of that county. During the sessions of 1816 and 1817, Carroll was elected without opposition to the House of Delegates. He was a member of the Levy Court of Somerset County between July 1825 and February 1826, when he was appointed Judge of the Orphans’ Court. He was serving in that office when he was elected Governor in December 1829. He had also served as a Senatorial elector in 1821 and 1826.