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==Early life==

==Early life==

He was born in Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges county, on July 22, 1730.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AhdJtDZCJqcC&pg=PA536 United States Congressional Serial Set]</ref>

He was born in Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges county, on July 22, 1730<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AhdJtDZCJqcC&pg=PA536 United States Congressional Serial Set]</ref> to Daniel and Eleanor Darnall Carroll.

He was a member of a prominent [[Irish Catholic]] family from [[Maryland]].

He was a member of a prominent [[Irish Catholic]] family from [[Maryland]].

He was elected as a Federalist to the First Congress (March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791) and took an active part in fixing seat of government.  As a [[congressman]] he voted for locating the Nation's Capital on the Potomac, and his family donated most of the land.  He also voted for [[Hamilton]]'s program for the federal government to assume the state obligations arising from the [[American Revolution]].  In 1791, [[President Washington]] appointed him as one of the commissioners to locate the District of Columbia and the Federal city.

He was elected as a Federalist to the First Congress (March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791) and took an active part in fixing seat of government.  As a [[congressman]] he voted for locating the Nation's Capital on the Potomac, and his family donated most of the land.  He also voted for [[Hamilton]]'s program for the federal government to assume the state obligations arising from the [[American Revolution]].  In 1791, [[President Washington]] appointed him as one of the commissioners to locate the District of Columbia and the Federal city.

==Passing==

==Legacy==

He died in Washington, D. C, in 1796.

He died in Washington, D. C, in 1796.  His childhood home was a plantation which is now a Historic place on the U.S. National Register, known as Darnall's Chance.

==References==

==References==

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