Arthur I. Boreman
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of West Virginia
West Virginia
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and a United States Senator.
Biography
Boreman was born in WaynesburgWaynesburg, Pennsylvania
Waynesburg is a borough in and the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 4,184 at the 2000 census....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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. At the age of four, his family relocated to Middlebourne
Middlebourne, West Virginia
Middlebourne is a town in Tyler County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 870 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and was established by an enactment of the Virginia General Assembly in 1813...
, Tyler County, which was then part of Virginia
Virginia
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. In 1861 he presided over the Second Wheeling Convention, which established the Restored Government of Virginia
Restored government of Virginia
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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 U.S. Senator
United States Senate
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from 1869 to 1875. On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock
Laurane Tanner Bullock Boreman
Laurane Tanner Bullock Boreman was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia Arthur I. Boreman and served as that state's First Lady, 1869. She was born on May 1, 1830, at Wheeling, West Virginia. Her first husband, John Oldham Bullock, was a Union soldier killed early in the Civil War. On...
, widow of a Union soldier.
Boreman Hall
Boreman Hall
Boreman Hall is a residence hall on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Originally called Men's Hall when it was constructed in 1935, the hall is named after Arthur I. Boreman, the first governor of the state of West Virginia.With the addition of a new annex...
, a dormitory
Dormitory
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on the campus of West Virginia University
West Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
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
Kanawha County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...
town of Cross Lanes and the outlying Parkersburg area in Wood County was named in his honor as well.