Description of the inauguration of John Lee Carroll

Historical Context: Thomas Sully's portrait of the aged Charles Carroll has hung in the Maryland State House since 1834. It now hangs in the New Senate Chamber.

Source: The New York Times, January 13, 1876, p. 5.

Gov. Carroll of Maryland
Annapolis, Jan. 12--John Lee Carroll was inaugurated Governor of Maryland to-day in the Seante Chamber, in the presence of both Houses of the Legislature and the Judges of the Court of Appeals. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Bartol. Gov. Carroll is the grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and is the thirty-seventh Governor of this State. . . . Many ladies and distinguished gentlemen were present, among them State Senators Bayard, of Delaware, and Dennis of Maryland; also, Mayor Latrobe, of Baltimore. The band from the Naval Academy furnished the music. A full-length portrait of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, by Thomas Sully, looked down upon the scene. It is probable that no more brilliant assemblage has gathered in the old Senate Chamber since the day George Washington resigned here his commission of Commander in Chief of the American Army on the 23rd of December, 1783.