Charles Goldsborough

Charles Goldsborough
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
	In office; January 8, 1819 – December 20, 1819
Preceded by	Charles C. Ridgely
Succeeded by	Samuel Sprigg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th congressional district
	In office; March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1817
Preceded by	John Dennis
Succeeded by	Thomas Bayly
Member of the Maryland State Senate
	In office; 1791–1795
	In office; 1799–1801
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
	In office; 1797
	In office; 1801–1803
Personal details
Born	July 15, 1765; Dorchester County, Province of Maryland, British America
Died	December 13, 1834 (aged 69); Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Federalist
Children	1
Relatives	Thomas Alan Goldsborough; (great-grandson); Winder Laird Henry; (great-grandson)
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Profession	lawyer; politician;

Charles Goldsborough (July 15, 1765 – December 13, 1834) served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819.

Early life

Goldsborough was born at "Hunting Creek", near Cambridge in Dorchester County, Maryland, and pursued an academic course. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784 and began to study law.

Personal life

His daughter Maria married Virginia planter and politician William Henry Fitzhugh, son of patriot and planter William Fitzhugh.

Career

In 1790, he was admitted to the bar, and early on held several local political offices. He was also a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1791 to 1795 and later from 1799 to 1801.

Goldsborough was elected as a Federalist to the Ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1805, to March 3, 1817. In 1814 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.^[1] He later served as Governor of Maryland in 1819. In 1820, he retired from public life and moved to his estate near Cambridge.

Death and legacy

Goldsborough died at "Shoal Creek" near Cambridge, and is interred there at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery.

Charles Goldsborough was the great-grandfather of Thomas Alan Goldsborough and Winder Laird Henry.

References

^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory

United States Congress. "Charles Goldsborough (id: G000261)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Dennis	U.S. Congressman, Maryland's 8th District 1805—1817	Succeeded by Thomas Bayly
Political offices
Preceded by Charles Carnan Ridgely	Governor of Maryland 1819	Succeeded by Samuel Sprigg

[1] American Antiquarian Society Members Directory

[1]

v t e Governors of Maryland
Provincial (1632–1776)	L. Calvert E. Hill Greene Stone Fendall P. Calvert C. Calvert, 3rd Baron Wharton Notley C. Calvert, 3rd Baron B. Calvert Joseph Coode Neh. Blakiston Copley Lawrence Andros Greenberry Andros Lawrence Nicholson Nat. Blakiston Tench Seymour Lloyd Hart Brooke C. Calvert, 5th Baron B. L. Calvert Ogle C. Calvert, 5th Baron Ogle Bladen Ogle Tasker Sharpe Eden
State (since 1776)	Johnson T. Lee Paca Smallwood J. Howard Plater Brice T. Lee Stone Henry Ogle Mercer R. Bowie Wright E. Lloyd R. Bowie Winder Ridgely C. Goldsborough Sprigg Stevens Kent Martin T. Carroll Martin G. Howard J. Thomas Veazey Grason F. Thomas Pratt P. Thomas Lowe Ligon Hicks Bradford Swann O. Bowie Whyte Groome J. Carroll Hamilton McLane H. Lloyd Jackson Brown Lowndes Smith Warfield Crothers P. Goldsborough Harrington Ritchie Nice O'Conor Lane McKeldin Tawes Agnew Mandel B. Lee Hughes Schaefer Glendening Ehrlich O'Malley Hogan Moore
Italics indicate acting officeholders

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