List of United States Political Families (G) - The Goldsboroughs

The Goldsboroughs

  • Robert Goldsborough (1733-1788), Sheriff of Dorchester County, Maryland 1761-1765; Maryland Assemblyman; Attorney General of Maryland; Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland 1774-1776; Maryland State Senator 1777. Father of Robert H. Goldsborough.
    • Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), U.S. Senator from Maryland 1813-1819 1835-1836, Maryland House Delegate 1825. Son of Robert Goldsborough.
      • Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834), Maryland State Senator 1791-1795 1799-1801, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1805-1817, Governor of Maryland 1819. Grandson of Robert Goldsborough.
        • Winder Laird Henry (1864-1940), U.S. Representative from Maryland 1894-1895, Chief Judicial Circuit Court Judge in Maryland 1908-1909. Great-grandson of Charles Goldsborough.
        • Thomas Alan Goldsborough (1877-1951), Prosecuting Attorney of Caroline County, Maryland 1904-1908; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1921-1939; U.S. District Court Judge of District of Columbia 1939-1951. Great-grandson of Charles Goldsborough.

NOTE: William Henry Laird was also son of U.S. Representative Daniel Maynadier Henry.

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