Arthur I. Boreman

Arthur Inghram Boreman


United States Senator from West Virginia
In office March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875
Preceded by	Peter G. Van Winkle
Succeeded by	Allen T. Caperton
1st Governor of West Virginia
In office June 20, 1863 – February 26, 1869
Preceded by	Francis Harrison Pierpont as Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia
Succeeded by	Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office 1855–1861
Personal details
Born	(1823-07-24)July 24, 1823 Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Died	April 19, 1896(1896-04-19) (aged 72) Parkersburg, West Virginia
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Laurane Tanner Bullock Boreman
Profession	Politician
Religion	Methodist

Arthur Inghram Boreman (July 24, 1823 – April 19, 1896) was the first Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia and a United States Senator.

Biography

Boreman was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. At the age of four, his family relocated to Middlebourne, Tyler County, which was then part of Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1855 to 1861. In 1861 he presided over the Second Wheeling Convention, which established the Restored Government of Virginia as a step toward the establishment of a separate State of West Virginia. He served as governor of West Virginia from 1863 to 1869 and U.S. Senator from 1869 to 1875. On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock, widow of a Union soldier.^[1]

Possible identifications includes, L to R: 1st-Arthur Boreman; 3rd-Andrew Wilson; 4th D.D.T. Farnsworth; 5th- Henry Dering; 6th- Gibson Cranmer.

Boreman Hall, a dormitory on the campus of West Virginia University, is named after him. In addition, Arthur I. Boreman Elementary School is named in his honor in the Tyler County town of Middlebourne, and formerly two elementary schools in the Kanawha County town of Cross Lanes and the outlying Parkersburg area in Wood County were named in his honor.

Grave marker of Arthur Boreman at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens

References

↑ "West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.

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Political offices
Preceded by Francis Harrison Pierpont as Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia	Governor of West Virginia 1863–1869	Succeeded by Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
United States Senate
Preceded by Peter G. Van Winkle	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from West Virginia 1869–1875 Served alongside: Waitman T. Willey, Henry G. Davis	Succeeded by Allen T. Caperton

Governors of West Virginia

Boreman Farnsworth Stevenson Jacob Mathews Jackson Wilson Fleming MacCorkle Atkinson White Dawson Glasscock Hatfield Cornwell Morgan Gore Conley Kump Holt Neely Meadows Patteson Marland Underwood Barron Smith Moore Rockefeller Moore Caperton Underwood Wise Manchin Tomblin Justice (Elect)

United States Senators from West Virginia

Class 1	Van Winkle Boreman Caperton Price Hereford Camden Faulkner Scott Chilton Sutherland Neely Hatfield Holt Kilgore Laird Revercomb Byrd Goodwin Manchin

Class 2	Willey Davis Kenna Camden S. Elkins D. Elkins Watson N. Goff D. Elkins G. Goff Neely Rosier Shott Revercomb Neely Hoblitzell Randolph Rockefeller Capito

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 41658925 LCCN: no2008118793 US Congress: B000638

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