Thomas Gorsuch

In 1851, Gorsuch moved to Frederick County and became an overseer of a farm owned by Jesse Coleman near Mount Pleasant.^[1] He was appointed as Assistant United States Assessor by President Abraham Lincoln and served until resigning after the election of Andrew Johnson.^[1]

Gorsuch was a member of the Unconditional Union Party and later the Republican Party.^[1][2] He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County in 1867.^[3][4] President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Gorsuch as Assistant United States Assessor and he held the role until it was discontinued.^[1]

Gorsuch engaged in mining in the west for a time.^[1] He worked as cashier for the First National Bank of Frederick. In 1874, he succeeded Lawrence J. Brengle as president of the bank and served in that role until his death.^[1] He was elected as clerk of the circuit court in 1873 and served for six years.^[1][3] He was on the board of alderman in Frederick.^[1] In 1881, he was defeated on the Republican ticket for state comptroller by Thomas J. Keating.^[1] He was president of Catoctin Mountain Iron Company.^[1][3]

Gorsuch married Ann Pole of Mount Pleasant. They had no children. His wife predeceased him.^[1]

Gorsuch died on March 23, 1896, aged 77 or 78, at his home in Catoctin Furnace.^[1][3] He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.^[1]