Cambridge in Dorchester County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Gov. Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Phillips Lee Goldsborough was born in 1865 the son of Martin Worthington and Henrietta Maria Jones Goldsborough. He married Ellen Showell of Berlin, MD.
Mr. Goldsborough was educated in Dorchester County, studied law with Daniel M. Henry, Jr., and was admitted to the bar in 1886. He was elected States Attorney in 1891 and 1895 and became Comptroller of the State of Maryland in 1897. While at the head of this office for two years, the finances of the State were never managed more judiciously or satisfactorily to all the people of the State, irrespective of party or corporate organizations. He published the Dorchester Standard and later became Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough served as Governor from 1912-1916. After serving his term as governor, he became President of The National Union Bank of Maryland and chairman of the Baltimore Trust Company from 1917-1928. From 1929-1935 he served as United States Senator.
The Hon. Phillips Lee Goldsborough died October 22, 1946.
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Location. 38° 34.371′ N, 76° 4.586′ W. Marker is in Cambridge, Maryland, in Dorchester County. It can be reached from the intersection of High Street and Court Lane, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 211 High St, Cambridge MD 21613, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gov. Emerson Columbus Harrington (within shouting distance of this marker); Gov. Charles Goldsborough (within shouting distance of this marker); Patriot Maj. Francis Turpin (within
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