Vincent Boreing

Vincent Boreing

Vincent Boreing (born November 24, 1839 in Jonesborough , Tennessee , †  September 16, 1903 in London , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1903 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1847, Vincent Boreing moved to Laurel County , Kentucky with his father . He attended Laurel Seminary in London and Tusculum College in Tennessee. During the Civil War he served as a soldier in the Union Army . For his military achievements he was promoted to first lieutenant. Between 1868 and 1872, Boreing was a school councilor in Laurel County. In 1875 he founded the newspaper "Mountain Echo" in London. This was the first Republican newspaper in southeast Kentucky. In 1886 he was appointed district judge; the following year Boreing became head of the Cumberland Valley Land Co. in 1888 he became President of the First National Bank of London . A year later, he headed as Department Commander for Kentucky the veterans' organization of the former Union soldiers, Grand Army of the Republic .

Boreing was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1898 he was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded David Grant Colson on March 4, 1899 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on September 16, 1903 .

Web links

• Vincent Boreing in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)