William Borah state of Idaho in 1947, stands in the National Statuary Hall Collection. William Edgar Borah was born in Jasper Township, Illinois, near Fairfield in Wayne County. His parents were farmers Elizabeth (West) and William Nathan Borah. Borah was distantly related to Katharina von Bora, the Catholic nun who left her convent in the 16th century and married reformer Martin Luther. His Borah ancestors came to America in about 1760, fought in the Revolutionary War, and moved west with the frontier. The young William E. Borah was the seventh of ten children, and the third son. Although Borah was not a
Kingdom of Bora Bora France in 1888 and its last queen Teriimaevarua III was forced to abdicate in 1895. The history of Bora Bora is marked by the rivalry of two clans: one based near Faanui, consisting of families attached to the "marae" Farerua, and the other consisting of the families of Nunue and Anau around the "marae" Vaiotaha, which was long among the most important "marae" of Polynesia. In this respect, Bora Bora is likewise marked by the rivalry with Raiatea in pursuit of religious power. Up to a certain period, a certain parallelism can be seen between the institutions of Bora Bora