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Gorman-Norris family of Laurel, Maryland

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Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906) — also known as Arthur P. Gorman — of Laurel, Prince George's County, Md. Born in Woodstock, Howard County, Md., March 11, 1839. Democrat. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Maryland, 1866-69; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1870-72; member of Maryland state senate, 1876-82; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1881-99, 1903-06; died in office 1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1884 (alternate), 1888 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1904; member of Democratic National Committee from Maryland, 1888. Presbyterian. Died in Washington, D.C., June 4, 1906 (age 67 years, 85 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

		Relatives: Father-in-law of Richard A. Johnson; father of Arthur Pue Gorman Jr..
		Political family: Gorman-Norris family of Laurel, Maryland.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Munsey's Magazine, October 1903

James Lawson Norris (1845-1910) — also known as James L. Norris — of Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., October 15, 1845. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1892, 1900, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee); member of Democratic National Committee from District of Columbia, 1892-96; Treasurer of Democratic National Committee, 1898-1900. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Died in Washington, D.C., March 5, 1910 (age 64 years, 141 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

		Relatives: Son of John Edmund Norris and Eliza Tidings (Phillips) Norris; married 1867 to Annie Virginia Robinson; father of Grace James Norris (who married Arthur Pue Gorman Jr.).
		Political family: Gorman-Norris family of Laurel, Maryland.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (1873-1919) — also known as Arthur P. Gorman, Jr. — of Laurel, Prince George's County, Md. Born in Howard County, Md., March 27, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate, 1904-10; candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912 (speaker). Presbyterian. Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., September 3, 1919 (age 46 years, 160 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

		Relatives: Son of Hannah (Donnegan) Gorman and Arthur Pue Gorman; married, November 27, 1900, to Grace James Norris (daughter of James Lawson Norris).
		Political family: Gorman-Norris family of Laurel, Maryland.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Richard A. Johnson — of Maryland. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1914. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son-in-law of Arthur Pue Gorman.
		Political family: Gorman-Norris family of Laurel, Maryland.

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