Beryl F. Carroll

Beryl Franklin Carroll (March 15, 1860ndash December 16, 1939), was a two-term Republican Governor of Iowa from 1909-1913.

Carroll was born in Davis County, Iowa; he graduated from the Missouri State Normal School (now Truman State University) in 1884. He worked as a livestock dealer, teacher, and newspaper publisher. He was a member of the Iowa Senate (1895-98), postmaster of Bloomfield, Iowa (1898-1903), and Iowa state auditor (1903-09). He was elected Governor in 1908 and reelected in 1910. On November 30, 1910, Governor Carroll was hailed as a hero for entering a burning building in Des Moines and retrieving a trunk containing valuable property. After leaving office, Carroll worked in the life insurance business in Des Moines. He died in Bloomfield, Iowa, and was buried at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Bloomfield, Iowa.

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* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=d70d224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association profile]
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title=GOV. CARROLL A FIRE HERO.; Plunges Into Burning House and Res- cues a Woman's Trunk.
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accessdate=2008-08-10, The New York Times, Dec. 1, 1910