Charles Goldsborough served as the 16th Governor

Governor of Maryland

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 of the state of Maryland

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 in the United States in 1819.

Goldsborough was born at "Hunting Creek", near Cambridge, Maryland

Cambridge, Maryland

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, and pursued an academic course. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 at Philadelphia in 1784 and began to study law. 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

Maryland State Senate

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 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. He later served as Governor of Maryland

Governor of Maryland

The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of Maryland, and he is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and he has a broad range of appointive powers in both the State and local governments,...

 in 1818 and 1819. In 1820, he retired from public life and moved to his estate near Cambridge. He died at "Shoal Creek" near Cambridge, and is interred there at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery

Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery (Cambridge, Maryland)

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Charles Goldsborough was the great-grandfather of Thomas Alan Goldsborough

Thomas Alan Goldsborough

Thomas Alan Goldsborough was a U.S. jurist and politician.Goldsborough was born in Greensboro, Maryland. He attended the public schools and the local academy at Greensboro, later graduating from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, in 1899...

 and Winder Laird Henry

Winder Laird Henry

Winder Laird Henry was an American politician.Henry was born near Cambridge, Maryland, and attended the public schools as a youth. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and purchased an interest in and became editor of the Cambridge Chronicle...

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