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William Carroll (March 3, 1788 – March 22, 1844) was an American politician who served as the fifth Governor of Tennessee twice, from 1821 to 1827 and again from 1829 to 1835. He held the office longer than any other person, including the state's only other six-term governor, John Sevier . [ 1 ]
William F. Carroll (1877–1964), lawyer, judge, and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada; William Henry Carroll (1810–1868), Confederate general, American Civil War; son of Governor Carroll; William K. Carroll (born 1952), professor of sociology; William T. Carroll (1902–1992), American politician and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee.. Tennessee has had 50 governors, including the incumbent, Bill Lee. [1] Seven governors (John Sevier, William Carroll, Andrew Johnson, Robert Love Taylor, Gordon Browning, Frank G. Clement, and Buford Ellington) have served non-consecutive terms.
William Henry Carroll (1810 – May 3, 1868) was a wealthy planter, a postmaster, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Cannon again ran for governor in 1835, defeating incumbent William Carroll by a vote of 41,970 to 31,205. [9] Carroll had been a popular governor, but he was seeking a fourth consecutive two-year term in spite of a provision of the state constitution that limited a governor to three terms.
William A. Carroll (January 9, 1875 – January 26, 1928), was an American silent film actor. Biography. He was born on January 9, 1875, in Manhattan, New York City.
William Carroll (3 January 1872 – 30 May 1936) was an Australian politician. Born in Garvoc , Victoria , he was educated at Horsham before moving to Western Australia during the gold rush to become a miner, and subsequently became a farmer at Tammin .
You Are Old, Father William" is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, " Advice from a Caterpillar " (Chapter 3 in the original manuscript).