Nathaniel B. Borden
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Nathaniel Briggs Borden (April 15, 1801 - April 10, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Borden attended the district school and Plainfield (Connecticut) Academy. Organized the Pocasset Manufacturing Co., in Fall River, Massachusetts. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1831 and 1834.
Borden was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839). He was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress in 1838.
Borden was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843). He served as member of the State senate from 1845 to 1848. He served in the State house of representatives in 1851.
Borden was elected mayor of Fall River in 1856 and reelected in 1857. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1864. He engaged in banking and served as president of the Fall River Savings Bank and of the Fall River Union Bank. He was president also of the Fall River Railroad Co.. He died in Fall River, Massachusetts, April 10, 1865. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
