Political Career
He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1831 and 1834 and again in 1851 and in 1864.
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 later served as member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1845 to 1848.
In 1856, Borden was elected Mayor of Fall River, and reelected in 1857.
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