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Daniel Carroll

| death_date = | birth_place = Marlborough Town, Province of Maryland, British America | death_place = Forest Glen, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Silver Spring, Maryland) | parents = | relatives = | known_for = one of the Founding Fathers of the United States | state = Maryland | district = 6th | term_start = March 4, 1789 | term_end = March 3, 1791 | predecessor = ''Office established'' | successor = Upton Sheredine }}

Daniel Carroll Jr. (July 22, 1730May 7, 1796) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a Maryland politician, and a plantation owner. He supported the American Revolution, served in the Confederation Congress, was a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 which penned the Constitution of the United States, and was a U.S. Representative in the First Congress. Carroll was one of five men to sign both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. He was one of the few Roman Catholics among the Founders. Provided by Wikipedia