biography
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Boreman, Arthur I(ngram)
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| lived:
| (1823–96)
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| biography:
| US governor and senator, born in Waynesburg borough, Pennsylvania, USA. A Virginia lawyer opposed to secession, he led the Wheeling Convention (1861) to establish a pro-union government in West Virginia, becoming the first governor (Republican, 1863–9) of the new state. In the US Senate (1869–75), he chaired the committee on the territories, returning to the law afterwards. |
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