Early Life and Career
Borah was born near Fairfield, Illinois, the son of Elizabeth (West) and William Nathan Borah. Borah's schooling included the Wayne County common schools and the Southern Illinois Academy at Enfield. According to a drawing published by H. T. Webster in 1916, he had a boyhood ambition to be a railway conductor. He attended University of Kansas in 1885 but was forced to leave after contracting tuberculosis his freshman year. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in September 1887.
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