 arthur pue gorman (march 11, 1839june 4, 1906) was a united states senator from maryland, serving from 1881 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1906. he also served in the maryland house of delegates from 1869 to 1875, and the maryland state senate to 1881. he was a prominent leader of the democratic party and later served as a member of the "mills commission" which investigated the origins of baseball. ==early life and career== gorman was born in woodstock, maryland on march 11, 1839, to parents peter and elizabeth a. gorman (nÃ©e brown). the oldest of five children, he was named after the family's physician, dr. arthur pue. gorman's paternal grandfather, john, emigrated to the u.s. from ireland circa 1794, first settling in harrisburg, pennsylvania before moving to the baltimore area. arthur's immediate family, including younger brother william henry gorman, moved to laurel, maryland in 1848, where they had a  farm. arthur had attended public schools though there were none in laurel; gorman's father hired a succession of tutors until arranging with congressman william t. hamilton 
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