Everything about William Carroll totally explained
William Carroll (
March 3,
1788 –
March 22,
1844) was
Governor of Tennessee from
1821 to
1827 and again from
1829 to
1835. He and
John Sevier are the only two persons to serve twelve years (six two-year terms) in that office.
Like two of his predecessors,
Archibald Roane and
Joseph McMinn, Carroll was a native of
Pennsylvania, having been born near
Pittsburgh. He came to
Tennessee at the age of 18, and enjoyed considerable success in business prior to joining the militia in active service under
Andrew Jackson in the
War of 1812. He was a successful and popular soldier, and used this and his relationship with Jackson to launch his political career. Like his mentor, he was a
Democrat.
His governorship was noted for the establishment of a more progressive (for the era)
Penal Code and the establishment of
Chancery Court.
Term limits prevented him from serving over three terms consecutively and in 1827 he was succeeded by
Sam Houston; after Houston resigned as governor, Carroll successfully sought the office again and served three additional terms. During his final term the
state constitution of
1796 was supplanted by a new one which gave more executive power to the governor; although this document was technically superseded by the current one in
1870, that document carries over very many of the provisions of the
1834 constitution, upon which it was largely based. Carroll served as governor of Tennessee longer than anyone else has to this point, even fellow six-term governor Sevier. Sevier's first term was unusually short due to the time of year of the admission of Tennessee into the Union. Carroll's gubernatorial service totalled 12 years and 12 days.
Carroll lived quietly after his terms as governor ended.
Carroll County, Tennessee, is named in his honor.
He was married to Cecilia Bradford, and they raised four children. One of their sons was future
Confederate Brig. Gen. William Henry Carroll.
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