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Goldsborough, Henry Hollyday
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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Henry Hollyday Goldsborough |
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Talbot Co., Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 22, 1817
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| Died | November 30, 1899
(82 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | U Ole Polecat
Sep 01, 2004 08:42am |
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| Info | Practiced law after 1841. Appointed deputy attorney general for Talbot County, 1849-50. Presidential elector (Scott), 1852 and (Buchanan), 1856. Member of the House of Delegates representing Talbot County, 1858 (Democrat). Member of the Maryland senate representing Talbot County, 1860-62 (Democrat); chair, finance committee; president of the senate for the extra session beginning in January, 1862. Served with the Maryland militia in 1862 and held the ranks of Lieutenant-colonel and brigadier general. Comptroller of the treasury, 1864 (Union party). Member and president of the 1864 constitutional convention of Maryland. Presidential elector (Lincoln), 1864. Circuit court judge, 11th judicial circuit, 1864-67 (Republican). Presidential elector, 1868 (Grant). Resumed the practice of law in 1867. Republican candidate for U.S. congress in 1874 (defeated). Appraiser for the Port of Baltimore, 1875-85.
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