Arthur P. Gorman Papers, 1872-1916

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Summary

Creator:
Gorman, Arthur P. (Arthur Pue), 1839-1906.
Abstract:

Arthur P. Gorman was United States senator from Maryland, 1880-1899 and 1903-1906, and president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. The collection includes a political letterpress copybook, 1880-1882; scrapbooks, 1872-1916, of newspaper clippings and other clippings, 1892-1905, relating to Gorman's career in Maryland politics and to his connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; pamphlets; notes; and a few letters, 1885-1916, mostly related to Gorman's political activities.

Extent:
200 items (10.5 linear feet)
Language:
English.
Library Catalog Link:
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Background

Biographical / historical:

Arthur P. Gorman (1839-1906), United States senator from Maryland, was born in Woodstock, Howard County, Md., on 11 March 1839. He attended the public schools and was appointed a page in the House of Representatives in 1852. He transferred to the Senate through the influence of Stephen A. Douglas, who made him his private secretary, and subsequently served the Senate as page, messenger, assistant doorkeeper, assistant postmaster, and finally postmaster. He was removed from his Senate office in September 1866 and immediately appointed collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Maryland, 1866-1869. He was a director and later president of the Chesapeake Ohio Canal Co.

Gorman was a member of the State house of delegates, 1869-1875, serving as speaker for one session; a member of the State senate, 1875-1881; and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1880. He was reelected in 1886 and 1892, serving from 4 March 1881 to 3 March 1899. He was Democratic caucus chair, 1890-1898, and chair of the Committee on Printing in the Fifty-third Congress and of the Committee on Private Land Claims in the Fifty-fifth Congress. After losing his seat in 1898, Gorman was again elected to the United States Senate in 1902 and served from 4 March 1903 until his death in Washington, D.C., on 4 June 1906. He served as Democratic caucus chair, 1903-1906.

Gorman was married to Hannah Donegan Gorman (1837-1910). They had a son, Arthur Pue Gorman, Jr. (1873-1919).

Adapted from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress, with additional information from "Register of the Gorman Papers in the Maryland Historical Society."

Scope and content:

The Arthur P. Gorman papers include a political letterpress copybook, 1880-1882; scrapbooks, 1872-1916, of newspaper clippings and other clippings, 1892-1905, relating to Gorman's career in Maryland politics and his connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; pamphlets; notes; and a few letters, 1885-1916, mostly related to Gorman's political activities in the United States Senate.

Acquisition information:

Received before 1940. Addition received from Maxine Hall of San Diego, Calif., in May 2003 (Acc. 99509).

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff, 1940-2004

Encoded by: Linda Sellars, 2004

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2020

This collection was rehoused with support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Arthur P. Gorman Papers #280, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu