George Congdon Gorham (July 5, 1832 – February 11, 1909) was a Republican California 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 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). He, along with Stephen Johnson Field wrote a book on the early history of California.[1] From June 6, 1868, until March 24, 1879, he was secretary of the United States Senate. From 1880 to 1884 he was editor of the National Republican newspaper. In retirement he wrote an authoritative two-volume biography of Edwin Stanton, Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war. [2] He died in 1909 in Washington D.C.
During the 1880 Republican National Convention, Gorham served as a delegate allied with the party's "Stalwart" wing.[3]
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- ^ George C. Gorham, Secretary of the Senate, 1868–1879. United States Senate website. https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/secretary-of-the-senate/SOS-George-Gorham.htm
- ^ 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Author, and Journalist; Choice Collection of His Most Notable and Interesting Newspaper Articles, Together with Some Unpublished Poems and Many Private Letters.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.
External links
- Works by George Congdon Gorham at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about George Congdon Gorham at Internet Archive
- Senate history - Gorham as Secretary of the Senate
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