Charles Borland Jr. | |
State1: | New York |
District1: | 6th |
Term Start1: | December 3, 1821 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1823 |
Preceded1: | Selah Tuthill |
Succeeded1: | Hector Craig |
Office2: | Member of the New York State Assembly |
Term2: | 1820–1821 |
Birth Date: | June 29, 1786 |
Birth Place: | Minisink, Orange County, New York |
Death Place: | Ward's Bridge, Orange County, New York |
Spouse: | Matilda Decker Borland |
Children: | Adeline BorlandEmerson Borland Thomas Borland Charles Borland Dolly Ann Borland |
Profession: | AttorneyPoliticianDistrict attorney |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | Union College |
Charles Borland Jr. (June 29, 1786 – February 23, 1852) was an American politician and a United States representative from New York.
Born in Minisink, Orange County, New York, Borland graduated from Union College in 1811. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began his practice. He married Matilda Decker and they had five children, Adeline, Emerson, Thomas, Charles, and Dolly Ann.[1]
Borland was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1820–21.
He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Selah Tuthill, 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 1836. He was President of the Board of Trustees of the village of Montgomery for ten years.
Borland died in Ward's Bridge, Orange County, New York, on February 23, 1852 (age 65 years, 239 days). He is interred at Riverside Cemetery, Montgomery.