Robert Henry Goldsborough

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Robert Henry Goldsborough (January 4, 1779 – October 5, 1836) was an American politician from Maryland. Born near Easton at Myrtle Grove, he was educated by private tutors and graduated from St. John’s College in 1795. He farmed and served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1804. In the War of 1812, he led a troop of horsemen in the Maryland Militia.

He was elected as a Federalist to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy, serving May 21, 1813 to March 3, 1819. In Congress he chaired the Committee on Claims and served on the Committee for the District of Columbia. He joined the American Antiquarian Society in 1814 and helped start the Easton Gazette in 1817. He returned to Maryland politics in 1825, again serving in the House of Delegates.

Goldsborough returned to the U.S. Senate in 1835 as an Anti-Jacksonian National Republican (later Whig), to fill the vacancy caused by Ezekiel F. Chambers’ resignation, serving January 13, 1835 until his death on October 5, 1836. He chaired the Committee on Commerce in the Twenty-fourth Congress. He died at Myrtle Grove near Easton and was buried at Ashby in Talbot County. His great-grandson was Winder Laird Henry.