Robert Goldsborough

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Robert Goldsborough (born December 3, 1733 in Cambridge , Dorchester County , Province of Maryland , †  December 22, 1788 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1774 and 1776 he was a delegate for Maryland to the Continental Congress .

Career

Robert Goldsborough was the son of a large landowner. His father's area covered about 40 km². He was born on the family estate of Horns Point near Cambridge and received an academic education. After studying law at the Inner Temple in London and being admitted to the bar in 1754, he began to work there in his profession. In 1759 he returned to America, where he briefly studied at Philadelphia College , now the University of Pennsylvania . He then practiced as a lawyer in Cambridge.

Between 1761 and 1765, Goldsborough was High Sheriff and Chief of Police in Dorchester County. In 1765 he was a member of the Maryland Colonial House of Representatives. A year later he served as Attorney General for the Colony of Maryland. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. Between 1774 and 1776 he represented Maryland in the Continental Congress and in 1776 he was also a member of the Maryland Security Committee and the Convention of the Province of Maryland . He was also involved in drafting the constitution for the future state of Maryland. In 1777 he was elected to the Maryland Senate. He then retired to his country estate at Horns Point near Cambridge, where he died on December 22, 1788. His great-great-great-grandson Thomas Alan Goldsborough (1877-1951) sat between 1921 and 1939 in the United States House of Representatives .

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SURNAME Goldsborough, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH near Cambridge , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1788
Place of death near Cambridge , Maryland