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George Congdon Gorham (July 5, 1832 – February 11, 1909) was a
Republican
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California
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politician, newspaper editor, and author. Gorham ran in 1867 under the Republican ticket in the
Californian gubernatorial race. He lost, however, to Democratic candidate
Henry Huntly Haight
Henry Huntly Haight (May 20, 1825 – September 2, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician. He was elected the tenth governor of California from December 5, 1867, to December 8, 1871.
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by a margin of 7,458 votes. Gorham also worked on the Republican National Committee for California (a subsidiary body of the national body, the
Republican National Committee
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). He, along with
Stephen Johnson Field
Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897, the second longest tenure of any justice. Prior to this ap ...
wrote a book on the early history of California. From June 6, 1868, until March 24, 1879, he was
secretary of the United States Senate
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. From 1880 to 1884 he was editor of the ''National Republican'' newspaper. In retirement he wrote an authoritative two-volume biography of
Edwin Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize t ...
, Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war. He died in 1909 in Washington D.C.
During the
1880 Republican National Convention
The 1880 Republican National Convention convened from June 2 to June 8, 1880, at the Interstate Exposition Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Delegates nominated James A. Garfield of Ohio and Chester A. Arthur of New York as the offic ...
, Gorham served as a delegate allied with the party's "
Stalwart
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Relating to people:
* Stalwart (politics), member of the most patronage-oriented faction of the United States Republican Party in the late 19th century
In ships and mil ...
" wing.
[1889]
John N. Edwards: Biography, Memoirs, Reminiscences and Recollections; His Brilliant Career as Soldier, Author, and Journalist; Choice Collection of His Most Notable and Interesting Newspaper Articles, Together with Some Unpublished Poems and Many Private Letters. Also a Reprint of Shelby's Expedition to Mexico, an Unwritten Leaf of the War
p. 132. ''Google Books''. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
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- Gorham as Secretary of the Senate
1832 births
1909 deaths
California Republicans
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Secretaries of the United States Senate
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