[3] He completed preparatory studies in the Tennent School of Hartsville, Pennsylvania,[1] with hopes of attending Princeton University.

Groome even commented that he felt he had no other tasks besides attending banquets and awarding prizes and diplomas.

Groome did make several recommendations to the legislature during his tenure, however, including the implementation of glass ballot boxes in elections to reduce fraud, and a full re-assessment of value and property of the state.

During the gubernatorial renomination process, Groome realized his chances of being re-elected were slim, mostly due to a serious argument he was involved in prior to the nomination convention.

[1][3] He died following a kidney colic at his home at 2 East Preston Street in Baltimore on October 5, 1893.

[1][3] A Baltimore Sun editorial commented, after his death, "few men have compassed so much in so short a time and without arousing animosities."