Beryl F. Carroll | |
Order1: | 20th |
Office1: | Governor of Iowa |
Term Start1: | January 14, 1909 |
Term End1: | January 16, 1913 |
Lieutenant1: | George W. Clarke |
Predecessor1: | Warren Garst |
Successor1: | George W. Clarke |
Office2: | 18th State Auditor of Iowa |
Term2: | 1903–1909 |
Governor2: | Albert B. Cummins |
Predecessor2: | Frank Merriam |
Successor2: | John L. Bleakly |
State Senate3: | Iowa |
District3: | 3rd |
Term Start3: | January 13, 1896 |
Term End3: | January 7, 1900 |
Successor3: | Claude R. Porter |
Predecessor3: | Ephraim M. Reynolds |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1860 |
Birth Place: | Davis County, Iowa |
Death Place: | Bloomfield, Iowa |
Party: | Republican |
Beryl Franklin Carroll (March 15, 1860 – December 16, 1939) was the 20th governor of Iowa from 1909 to 1913. He was the first native-born governor of Iowa.
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 (1896–1900), 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.[1] 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.[2]