Background
Goldsborough was born in Princess Anne, Maryland and was educated in public and private schools.
Goldsborough was born in Princess Anne, Maryland and was educated in public and private schools.
While working as a clerk for the United States Navy, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1886, commencing practice in Cambridge, Maryland soon thereafter.
He was also the 47th from 1912 to 1916 and Comptroller of the Maryland Treasury from 1898 to 1900. He also held an interest in banking. In 1891 and in 1895, Goldsborough was elected state"s attorney for Dorchester County, Maryland.
In 1897, he was elected to the position of comptroller of the treasury of Maryland, but was defeated for reelection in 1899 by Doctor Joshua West. Hering.
As of 2016, he is the last Republican to serve as Maryland Comptroller. He was appointed collector of internal revenue for the district of Maryland in 1902 by President Theodore Roosevelt and later by President William Howard Taft.
Over time, Goldsborough built a large base of support in the state, which encouraged him to run for in 1911. He defeated Democratic challenger Arthur P. Gorman, Junior., becoming only the second Republican governor in state history up to that time.
Goldsborough"s tenure as governor saw a great deal of education reform, including the appointment of school boards and teacher certification.
lieutenant was also during his tenure that the state purchased the Maryland Agricultural College, which is now the University of Maryland, College Park. He left politics afterwards and resumed his law practice in Cambridge, and also became president of the National Union Bank. When Republican Herbert Hoover was elected President of the United States, Goldsborough decided to take this opportunity to again try for the same senate seat in Maryland.
He was elected as to the in the election of 1928, defeating incumbent William Cabell Bruce.
In 1934, he was not a candidate for re-election to the senate, but instead decided to run again for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed Goldsborough to the director"s board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1935.