William Whiting Boardman

William Whiting Boardman (born October 10, 1794 in New Milford , Connecticut , †  August 27, 1871 in New Haven , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1840 and 1843 he represented the second constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Boardman was the son of Elijah Boardman (1760-1823), who represented the State of Connecticut in the US Senate from 1821 until his death . The younger boardman first attended the Bacon Academy in Colchester and then Yale College until 1812 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in New Haven in 1819. In 1820 he was also the Connecticut Senate Secretary of State . He also became a probate judge.

Politically, Boardman was a member of the Whig Party . Between 1836 and 1839 he was a member of the State House of Representatives , whose speaker he was temporarily. After the resignation of Congressman William L. Storrs , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election in Connecticut's second district . There, between December 7, 1840 and March 3, 1841, he ended the legislative period that his predecessor had started. But since he had also won the regular election in 1840, he was able to complete a full term in Congress between March 4, 1841 and March 3, 1843 . During this time, he was chairman of the public property management committee.

In 1842 he renounced another candidacy for Congress. He was again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1845, 1849, and 1851; In 1845 he acted again as its president. Boardman also worked as a lawyer in New Haven until his death in 1871.

Web links

• William Whiting Boardman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Whiting Boardman in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• William Whiting Boardman at The Political Graveyard