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Charles Borland, Jr. (June 29, 1786 Minisink, Orange County, New York – February 23, 1852 Ward's Bridge, Orange Co., NY) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Borland graduated from Union College in 1811. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1820-21.
Borland was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Selah Tuthill, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823.
He was District Attorney of Orange County from 1835 to 1841, and again a member of the State Assembly in 1836. He was President of the Board of Trustees of Montgomery for ten years.
He was buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Montgomery.
References
- Charles Borland, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 197, 218, 260 and 378; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Walter CaseMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 6th congressional district
1821 - 1823Succeeded by
Hector CraigCategories:- 1786 births
- 1852 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- Union College (New York) alumni
- New York Democratic-Republicans
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- People from Orange County, New York
- County district attorneys in New York
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