Notes for: Charles CARROLL

THE WEALTHIEST PERSON IN THE COLONIES WITH AN ESTIMATED FORTUNE OF $2,000,000+.
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE MARYLAND SENATE ON MAY 23, 1783.
ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN 1789 UNTIL 1792.
LAID THE CORNERSTONE OF THE B&O RAILROAD ON JULY 4, 1828.
HE WAS THE LAST SURVIVING SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
HE WAS THE ONLY ROMAN CATHOLIC TO SIGN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.