America's Christian Heritage
Charles Carroll
Signer of The Declaration of Independence, Framer of The Bill of Rights,
Constitutional Convention Delegate; U. S. Senator
Signer of The Declaration of Independence, Framer of The Bill of Rights,
Constitutional Convention Delegate; U. S. Senator
Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly-named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland. He was the only Catholic and the longest-lived (and last surviving) signatory of the Declaration of Independence, dying at the age of 95. » Full Bio
Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings which, through Jesus Christ Our Lord, He had conferred on my beloved country in her emancipation and on myself in permitting me, under circumstances of mercy, to live to the age of 89 years, and to survive the fiftieth year of independence, adopted by Congress on the 4th of July 1776, which I originally subscribed on the 2d day of August of the same year and of which I am now the last surviving signer.
~ Charles Carroll
~ Charles Carroll
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