Vincent Boreing (November 24, 1839 – September 16, 1903) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Kentucky
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.
Biography
Boreing was born near
Jonesboro,
Washington County, Tennessee
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in 1839. He moved with his father to
Laurel County, Kentucky
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, in 1847.
He attended Laurel Seminary,
London, Kentucky
London is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,053. London is home to the annual World Chicken Festival that celebrates the life of Colonel Sa ...
, and
Tusculum College,
Greenville, Tennessee, and was enlisted as a private in the
Union Army in Company A,
24th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry on November 1, 1861. Boreing was commissioned as the first lieutenant for meritorious conduct.
Early careers
In 1868 through 1872, Boreing served as the county superintendent of public schools. Later in 1875, he established the ''
Mountain Echo'' in London, the first
Republican newspaper published in southeastern Kentucky.
Boreing served in various positions in the 1880s. He served as a county judge in 1886, president of the
Cumberland Valley Land Co. in 1887, president of the First National Bank of London in 1888, and as a department commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (United States Navy, U.S. Navy), and the United States Marine Corps, Marines who served in the American Ci ...
in Kentucky in 1889.
U.S. Representative career
Boreing was elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-sixth,
Fifty-seventh, and
Fifty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1899, until his death in London on September 16, 1903.
He was buried at the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Legacy
Vincent Boreing is the namesake of the community of
Boreing, Kentucky.
See also
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References
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1839 births
1903 deaths
People from Washington County, Tennessee
Tusculum University alumni
Union army officers
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
Grand Army of the Republic officials
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives