Gorman, Arthur Pue
United States senator, was born March 11, 1839, in Howard county, Md. In 1869 he was elected a member of the house of delegates of the Maryland legislature as a democrat; was re-elected in 1871, and then elected speaker of the house of delegates at the ensuing session. In 1875 he was elected to represent Howard county in the Maryland state senate, and was reelected in November, 1879, for a term of four years. He was elected in 1880 to the United States senate as a democrat; was re-elected in 1886 and in 1892. His term of service will expire March 3, 1899.