Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Phillips Lee Goldsborough (1865-1946)
MSA SC 3520-1478

Governor of Maryland 1912-1916 (Republican)

Born:  August 6, 1865 in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland1
Father:  Capt. M. Worthington Goldsborough2
Mother:  Nettie M. (Henrietta Maria) Jones Goldsborough3
Education:  attended public and private schools in Dorchester Co., studied law in the office of  Daniel M. Henry Jr. of Cambridge, ca. 18854
Religious Affiliation:  Episcopalian5
Marriage:  December 14, 1893 to Ellen Showell6
Children:  Nancy (1894-1895), Phillips Lee Jr. (born c. 1898), Brice (born c. 1904)7
Positions held:
            Paymaster clerk, U.S. Navy, c. 1887-90
            Admitted to the bar, 1886
            Practiced law, Cambridge
            State's Attorney, Dorchester County, 1892-1898
            Comptroller of the Treasury, 1898-1900
            Collector of Internal Revenue, Maryland District, 1902-1911
            Governor of Maryland, 1912-1916
            President, National Union Bank, 1917-1928
            Chairman, Baltimore Trust Company, 1917-1928
            U.S. Senator, 1929-1935
            Member, Republican National Committee, 1932-1936
              Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1935-19468
Died:  October 22, 19469
Burial:  Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge10

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