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Boreman was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
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Arthur Inghram Boreman
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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 United States. Senator from 1869 to 1875.
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.
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Born
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April 19, 1896 (aged 72) -
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Political Party
Republican party