Charles Borland Jr. (June 29, 1786 – February 23, 1852) was an American politician and a

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from

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Biography

Born in

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, Borland graduated from

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in 1811. Then he studied law, was

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, and began his practice. He married Matilda Decker and they had five children, Adeline, Emerson, Thomas, Charles, and Dolly Ann.

Career

Borland was a member of the

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in 1820–21. He was elected as a

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to the

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, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Selah Tuthill Selah Tuthill (October 26, 1771September 7, 1821) was an American politician from New York. Life Tuthill attended public and private schools. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from Ulster County in 1804–05, and from Orange Coun ...

, 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

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. He was President of the

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of the village of Montgomery for ten years.

Death

Borland died in

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, on February 23, 1852 (age 65 years, 239 days). He is

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at Riverside Cemetery,

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References

External links

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 197, 218, 260 and 378; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borland, Charles Jr 1786 births 1852 deaths Union College (New York) alumni Members of the New York State Assembly Politicians from Orange County, New York County district attorneys in New York (state) Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American legislators 19th-century New York (state) politicians