US Con Boreman, Arthur Ingraham - Governor, WV

Arthur Ingraham Boreman
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Born: July 24, 1823

Birthplace: Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Father: Kenner Seaton Boreman Sr. 1790 – 1850
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, West Virginia)​
Mother: Sarah Ingraham 1791 – 1870
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, West Virginia)​

Wife: Laurane Turner 1830 – 1908
(Buried: Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, West Virginia)​

Children:

Maude O. Boreman Cotton 1866 – 1954​
(Buried: Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, West Virginia)​
Laurane Boreman Hays 1867 – 1959​
(Buried: Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, West Virginia)​

Political Party: Republican Party

Occupation before War:


1843 – 1855: Attorney in Parkersburg, Virginia​
1855 – 1861: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates
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Civil War Career:

1861: Presided over Second Wheeling Convention​
1863 – 1869: First Governor of the State of West Virginia​
Supported the institution of the West Virginia State Code​
Organized State Militia to fight Confederate guerrilla units​

Occupation after War:

Encouraged legislation to prohibit former Confederates from voting.​
1869 – 1875: United States Senator from West Virginia​
1869 – 1873: Member of Senate Territories Committee​
1873 – 1875: Chairman of Senate Territories Committee​
1875 – 1888: Attorney in Parkersburg, West Virginia​
1888 – 1896: Judge of West Virginia Fifth Judicial Circuit Court​

Died: April 19, 1896

Place of Death: Parkersburg, West Virginia

Age at time of Death: 72 years old

Burial Place: Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, West Virginia

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