Solon Borland | |
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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Nicaragua) | |
In office April 18, 1853 – April 17, 1854 | |
President | Franklin Pierce |
Preceded by | John B. Kerr |
Succeeded by | John H. Wheeler |
United States Senator from Arkansas | |
In office April 24, 1848 – March 3, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Ambrose Hundley Sevier |
Succeeded by | Robert Ward Johnson |
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Born | Nansemond County, Virginia, US | September 21, 1808
Died | January 1, 1864 Harris County, Texas, Confederate States of America | (aged 55)
Resting place | Old City Cemetery, Houston, Texas, US 29°46′06.5″N 95°22′04.6″W / 29.768472°N 95.367944°W |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | Hildah Wright
(m. 1831; died 1837)Eliza Buck Hart
(m. 1839; died 1842)Mary Isabel Melbourne
(m. 1845) |
Education | Louisville Medical Institute (MD) |
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Allegiance | United States Confederate States |
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Monuments | Borland Memorial Marker, Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas |
Solon Borland (September 21, 1808 – January 1, 1864) was an American politician, journalist, physician and military officer. He served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1848 to 1853. Later in life, he served as an officer of the Confederate States Army including commanded of a cavalry regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.