# Carroll Meins
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{{short description|American politician}}
'''Carroll Leach Meins''' was a political figure who served as a member of the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives), Chairman of the [Massachusetts Republican Party](/source/Massachusetts_Republican_Party), and Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston.
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==Early life==
Meins was born on October 22, 1892, in [Boston](/source/Boston).[{{cite book|title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1927-1928|url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficialso19271928bost}}] He attended Boston Public Schools and graduated from the High School of Commerce in 1911.
During [World War I](/source/World_War_I), Meins enlisted as a first lieutenant in the [Quartermaster Corps](/source/Quartermaster_Corps_(United_States_Army)) of the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army). He served eighteen months in the [American Expeditionary Forces](/source/American_Expeditionary_Forces) in France.[{{cite news|title=Carroll L. Meins, G. O. P. Leader, Dies Suddenly|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=September 15, 1953}}]
After the war, Meins served as treasurer of the Sparrow and Meins Chocolate Company.[{{cite news|title=Meins Heads City G. O. P. Committee|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=February 16, 1937}}]
On May 4, 1938, Meins was elected chairman of the state Republican Party.[{{cite news|title=Meins Heads G. O. P. State Committee|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=May 5, 1938}}] During his tenure as Chairman, Republican [Leverett Saltonstall](/source/Leverett_Saltonstall) was elected [Governor of Massachusetts](/source/Governor_of_Massachusetts). Saltonstall chose Meins to serve as Secretary to the Governor. He was succeeded as party chairman by [George W. Schryver](/source/George_W._Schryver) on December 14, 1938.[{{cite news|title=Schryver Slated to Succeed Meins|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=December 14, 1938}}]
===Saltonstall administration===
Meins served as chief secretary to Governor Saltonstall from January 5, 1939, to December 11, 1940, when he accepted an appointment to the State Public Utilities Commission.[{{cite news|last=Harris|first=John G.|title=Governor Appoints Lurie to Head State Parole Board|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=December 12, 1940}}]
===Bradford administration===
In 1947, Meins was appointed by [Robert F. Bradford](/source/Robert_F._Bradford) to head the newly created [Metropolitan Transit Authority](/source/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority).[{{cite news|title=Meins, Parkman Among 5 Named to New El Board|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=June 29, 1947}}] Although Meins had a ten-year term, on January 5, 1949, he and the four other members of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Board of Trustees resigned, as they believed incoming Governor [Paul A. Dever](/source/Paul_A._Dever) was entitled to appoint his own board. Dever had been expected to remove the trustees, as the MTA system had run a $9 million deficit under their leadership.[{{cite news|title=Meins, Other 4 Trustees of M.T.A. Quit|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=January 6, 1949}}]
==Collector of Customs==
In 1953, Meins was appointed by President [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) to serve as Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston. He died on September 14, 1953, at [Massachusetts General Hospital](/source/Massachusetts_General_Hospital) in [Boston](/source/Boston).