Nathaniel B. Borden

Nathaniel Briggs Borden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	William Baylies
Succeeded by	Henry Williams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Henry Williams
Succeeded by	Barker Burnell
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1845–1848
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1864–1864
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
3rd Mayor of The City of Fall River, Massachusetts
In office 1856–1857
Member of the Board of Aldermen[1][2] from the 2nd Ward[2] City of Fall River, Massachusetts
In office 1859–1865
Member of the Board of Selectmen[1] for the Town of Fall River, Massachusetts
Preceded by	John Eddy
Succeeded by	Matthew C. Hathaway
Town Clerk of Fall River, Massachusetts[1]
Highway Surveyor of the Town of Fall River, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen[1]
Personal details
Born	April 15, 1801 Freetown, Massachusetts
Died	April 10, 1865 Fall River, Massachusetts
Political party	Jacksonian, Democrat, Whig
Spouse(s)	Sarah Gray,[3] d. May 22, 1840.;[2] Louisa G. Gray, d. June 4, 1842;[2] Sarah Gould[4] Buffum, d. September 10, 1854.[2]
Children	Simeon Borden, b. March 29, 1829, d. March 9, 1896;[5] Nathaniel Briggs Borden, Jr., b. February 23, 1844;[4] Sarah d. September 9, 1854.[2]
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Nathaniel Briggs Borden (April 15, 1801 – April 10, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Early life and education

Borden was born to Simeon Borden and Amey (Briggs) Borden in that part of Freetown, Massachusetts which later became Fall River.^[6] Borden attended the district school and Plainfield (Connecticut) Academy. Borden organized the Pocasset Manufacturing Company, in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Borden served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1831 and 1834 and again in 1851 and in 1864.

Congressional service

Borden was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839). He was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress in 1838.

Borden was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).

Massachusetts Senate

Borden served as member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1845 to 1848.

Mayor of Fall River

Borden was elected Mayor of Fall River in 1856 and reelected in 1857.

Banking career

He engaged in banking and served as president of the Fall River Savings Bank and of the Fall River Union Bank. He was president also of the Fall River Railroad Co.

Death and burial

Borden died in Fall River, Massachusetts, April 10, 1865, he was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

See also

• List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts
• N. B. Borden School

References

• Nathaniel B. Borden at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} New England Historic Genealogical Society (1905), Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. VI, Boston, MA: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 95. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Weld, Hattie Borden (1899), Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants as far as known of Richard and Joan Borden, Los Angeles, CA: Hattie Borden Weld, p. 179. 
3. ^ Weld, Hattie Borden (1899), Historical and genealogical record of the descendants as far as known of Richard and Joan Borden, Los Angeles, CA: Hattie Borden Weld, p. 177. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Weld, Hattie Borden (1899), Historical and genealogical record of the descendants as far as known of Richard and Joan Borden, Los Angeles, California: Hattie Borden Weld, p. 236. 
5. ^ Borden, Alanson (1899), Our County and Its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County Massachusetts, part. 2, Boston, MA: Boston History Company, pp. 709–712. 
6. ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 370. 

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Name	Borden, Nathaniel Briggs
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Date of birth	April 15, 1801
Place of birth	Freetown, Massachusetts
Date of death	April 10, 1865
Place of death	Fall River, Massachusetts