William Whiting Boardman (October 10, 1794 – August 27, 1871) was a politician and United States Representative from Connecticut.
He was born in New Milford, Connecticut, the son of Elijah Boardman and nephew of David Sherman Boardman. He was an early graduate of Bacon Academy in Colchester, CT. He was a Connecticut state senator in the fourth district, 1830–32, a member of the Connecticut state house of representatives, 1836–39, 1845, and 1849–51, Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1836, 1839, and 1845, United States Representative from Connecticut's second district, 1840-43. He died in New Haven, Connecticut of acute bronchitis, and is interred at Grove Street Cemetery.
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“A little nest that’s nestled where the roses bloom.”
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