Thomas Alan Goldsborough

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Thomas Alan Goldsborough (born September 16, 1877 in Greensboro , Caroline County , Maryland , †  June 16, 1951 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1921 and 1939 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives ; then he became a federal judge .

Career

Thomas Goldsborough was a descendant of Robert Goldsborough (1733-1788), a delegate to the Continental Congress , and the Congressman and Governor Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834). He attended public schools in his home country and Washington College in Chestertown . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and his admission to the bar in 1901, he began to work in Denton in this profession. Between 1904 and 1908 he was a prosecutor in Caroline County. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1920 Goldsborough was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded William Noble Andrews on March 4, 1921 . After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on April 5, 1939 . Between 1932 and 1939 he also served on the governing body of the Smithsonian Institution . During his time in Congress from 1933 onwards, most of the Federal Government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

Thomas Goldborough's resignation came after he was appointed a judge on the District Court for the District of Columbia . He held this post in the federal capital until his death on June 16, 1951. He was buried in Denton.

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SURNAME Goldsborough, Thomas Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Greensboro , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1951
Place of death Washington, DC