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  1. Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III, was an American politician, planter, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

  2. 1 day ago · Carroll was born on Sept. 19, 1737, as the only son of Charles Carroll of Annapolis and Elizabeth Brooke. The young Carroll spent more than a decade and a half of his formative years in Europe ...

  3. Jan 5, 2024 · Charles Carroll was a planter and politician from Maryland who rose to prominence during the American Revolution. He received his education in France and continued to study in Europe until the time of the Stamp Act Crisis, returning to America in 1764.

  4. Charles Carroll was an American patriot leader, the longest- surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the only Roman Catholic to sign that document. Until 1765 Carroll attended Jesuit colleges in Maryland and France and studied law in France and England.

  5. In 1826, Charles Carroll of Carrollton became the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence with the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on July 4th. Two years later at the age of 91, Carroll laid the cornerstone for the B&O Railroad.

  6. Feb 25, 2020 · Charles Carroll was an American politician, a delegate to the second Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

  7. Charles Carroll was the last surviving member of those who signed the Declaration. He died, the last survivor of the signers of the Declaration, in 1832 at the age of 95.

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