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East Carroll Parish ((フランス語:Paroisse de Carroll Est)) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,759.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22035.html )〕 The parish seat is Lake Providence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The original Carroll Parish, before it was divided into "East" and "West" segments, was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and the last surviving signer of the document. The parish was split in 1877.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/North_Louisiana/eastcarroll.html )〕 Prior to 1814, all of the territory covered by the current East Carroll Parish was part of the now defunct Warren Parish. The famous black bear hunt waged in 1907 by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt began in East Carroll Parish near Lake Providence. When a particular bear managed to elude the hunters, the camp was moved to Bear Lake in Madison Parish near Tallulah. The 21-year-old Arthur Spencer of Richland Parish took a picture of Roosevelt in the heavily armed hunting party. Among the hunters was future Governor John M. Parker, the vice-presidential choice of the Bull Moose Party ticket in the 1916 presidential election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=East Carroll Parish Genealogy )〕 ==Law and government== East Carroll Parish is heavily Democratic in political configuration. In 1988, Governor Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts carried East Carroll Parish over then Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush, himself a Massachusetts native, 1,809 votes (52.3 percent) to 1,536 (44.4 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=East Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 8, 1988 )〕 In the 2004 presidential race, East Carroll gave the George W. Bush - Richard B. Cheney electors 1,357 votes (40 percent) to 1,980 ballots (58 percent) for the Democrat John Kerry - John Edwards slate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=East Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 2, 2004 )〕 In 2012, U.S. President Barack H. Obama swept the parish with 2,478 votes (61.8 percent) to Republican Mitt Romney's 1,508 (37.6 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana general election returns, November 6, 2012 )〕 In 2008, Obama had handily defeated John S. McCain in East Carroll Parish, 2,267 (63.7 percent) to 1,254 (35.2 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=East Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 4, 2008 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Carroll Parish, Louisiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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