Arthur Pue Gorman

Arthur Pue Gorman ( born March 11, 1839 in Woodstock, Maryland, † June 4, 1906 in Washington DC ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. There Gorman was one of the Bourbon Democrats, a conservative- liberal oriented wing, which greatly made ​​up for the interests of banks, corporations and railway companies.

Life

Even as a teenager, originally from a suburb of Baltimore Arthur Gorman had in 1852 his first contact with politics when he got the job of a page in the U.S. House of Representatives on a program for high school Elftklässler. The pages are responsible for many tasks; among other things they long served as a news couriers between the Parliament buildings and the Capitol. Through the influence of Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois, Gorman rose in the hierarchy up to the postmaster of the Senate and was at times even Douglas's private secretary.

After leaving the office in the Senate in September 1866 Gorman received the vocation to the taxman ( Collector of internal revenue ) for the fifth district of the state of Maryland. Later he became director and president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company.

Policy

In 1869, Arthur Pue Gorman was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Maryland, where he remained until 1875; among other things, he served during this time as Speaker of the Chamber. In 1875, he moved for a further six years in the Senate of Maryland.

Finally, in 1880 he was elected to the U.S. Senate. In Washington Gorman quickly rose to become one of the leaders of the Bourbon Democrats. From 1890 to 1898 he was Chairman of democratic faction ( Caucus chairman ); In addition, he served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Printing. He played a crucial role in the customs legislation; so was named after him and the deputies William L. Wilson of West Virginia with the Wilson - Gorman Tariff Act even a law, which he prevailed in this case also against the plans of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

1886 and 1892 Gorman has been confirmed for additional periods of six years; But in 1898 he was defeated by Republican Louis E. McComas. However, the return to the Senate succeeded in rapidly: 1902 Gorman won the second Senate seat Maryland. He was re-elected after his inauguration in March 1903 caucus chairman, however, already passed away on June 4, 1906 in Washington.