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Horace Boies
Horace Boies
14th Governor of Iowa
	In office; February 27, 1890 – January 11, 1894
Lieutenant	Alfred N. Poyneer; Samuel L. Bestow
Preceded by	William Larrabee
Succeeded by	Frank D. Jackson
Member of the New York State Assembly; from the 3rd Erie district
	In office; January 1, 1857 – December 31, 1857
Preceded by	John Clark
Succeeded by	John T. Wheelock
Personal details
Born	December 7, 1827; Aurora, New York
Died	April 4, 1923 (aged 95); Long Beach, California
Political party	Republican (before 1880); Democratic (after 1880)
Spouse(s)	Adella King (died 1855); Versalia M. Barber (died 1877)
Children	4
Profession	Lawyer

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Horace Boies (December 7, 1827 – April 4, 1923) served as the 14th Governor of Iowa from 1890 to 1894 as a member of the United States Democratic Party. Boies was the only Democrat to serve in that position from 1855 to 1933, a period of 78 years.^[1] ^[2]

Life before Iowa

Horace was born in Aurora, New York and started his education in the public school system. In his late teens, he worked for four years as a farm laborer in the Wisconsin Territory. Moving back to New York, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1849, setting up practice in Hamburg, near Buffalo. He was elected to the New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 3rd D.) as a Republican in 1857.^[3]

Life in Iowa

Horace moved to Waterloo, Iowa in 1867 and opened a law office. His career was successful, and he purchased large amounts of farmland in the area.^[3]

Boies left the Republican Party in 1880 due to their support of prohibition. He was elected governor of Iowa as a Democrat in 1889, breaking longtime Republican dominance of state politics. Reelected in 1891, he was defeated in 1893, by Frank D. Jackson, a Republican. He was a prominent populist and advocate of bimetallism, and during his term as governor proclaimed Iowa's first Labor Day holiday.^[3]

As governor, Boies gained sufficient prominence to become involved in national Democratic Party politics, though his campaigns for the presidential nomination at the 1892 and 1896 Democratic National Conventions were unsuccessful. His last political campaign, in 1902, was an unsuccessful attempt at the Democratic nomination for a Congressional seat from Iowa.^[3]

Following his retirement, Boies moved to Long Beach, California. This was a popular destination for Iowans at the time, and Boies was active in social events of his fellow Iowan transplants, participating in the Long Beach Iowa Reunion and serving as president of the Long Beach Iowa Association.^[3]

References

^ Biography from the National Governors Association
^ Boies family of Iowa. politicalgraveyard.com
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Robert Dietrich (2009). "Boies, Horace". In David Hudson; Marvin Bergman; Loren Horton (eds.). The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. University of Iowa Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-1587297243.

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HONORED BY IOWA DEMOCRATS article printed September 5, 1893 in the New York Times

Party political offices
Preceded by T. J. Anderson	Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa 1889, 1891, 1893	Succeeded by Washington I. Babb
New York State Assembly
Preceded by John Clark	New York State Assembly Erie County, 3rd District 1857	Succeeded by Wheelock
Political offices
Preceded by William Larrabee	Governor of Iowa 1890 – 1894	Succeeded by Frank D. Jackson

[1] Biography from the National Governors Association

[2] Boies family of Iowa. politicalgraveyard.com

[iowadict-3] Robert Dietrich (2009). "Boies, Horace". In David Hudson; Marvin Bergman; Loren Horton (eds.). The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. University of Iowa Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-1587297243.

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-'''Horace Boies''' (December 7, 1827 – April 4, 1923) served as the [[List of Governors of Iowa|14th Governor of Iowa]] from 1890 to 1894 as a member of the [[United States Democratic Party]]. Boies was the only [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] to serve in that position from 1855-1933.<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18082.html Boies Family]</ref>
+'''Horace Boies''' (December 7, 1827 – April 4, 1923) served as the [[List of Governors of Iowa|14th Governor of Iowa]] from 1890 to 1894 as a member of the [[United States Democratic Party]]. Boies was the only [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] to serve in that position from 1855 to 1933, a period of 78 years.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101106030710/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=7bfc224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Biography] from the [[National Governors Association]]</ref>
+<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120107122440/http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18082.html Boies family of Iowa]. politicalgraveyard.com</ref>
 == Life before Iowa ==
-Horace was born in [[Aurora, Erie County, New York|Aurora, New York]] and started his education in the public school system. He then worked for four years as a farm laborer. It was during this time he decided to further his education. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He was a member of the [[New York State Assembly]] (Erie Co., 3rd D.) in [[80th New York State Legislature|1857]].<ref name="ngaHBoies">{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=7bfc224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD|title=National Governors Association|publisher=Horace Boies|accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref>
+Horace was born in [[Aurora, Erie County, New York|Aurora, New York]] and started his education in the public school system. In his late teens, he worked for four years as a farm laborer in the [[Wisconsin Territory]]. Moving back to New York, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1849, setting up practice in [[Hamburg, New York|Hamburg]], near [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]. He was elected to the [[New York State Assembly]] (Erie Co., 3rd D.) as a Republican in [[80th New York State Legislature|1857]].<ref name=iowadict>{{cite encyclopedia | author = Robert Dietrich | editor1 = David Hudson | editor2 = Marvin Bergman | editor3 = Loren Horton | title = Boies, Horace | encyclopedia = The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa | publisher = University of Iowa Press | year = 2009 | pages = 54–55 | isbn = 978-1587297243}}</ref>
 == Life in Iowa ==
-Horace moved to [[Waterloo, Iowa]] in 1867 and opened his law office. His legal career became successful.<ref name="ngaHBoies"/>
+Horace moved to [[Waterloo, Iowa]] in 1867 and opened a law office. His career was successful, and he purchased large amounts of farmland in the area.<ref name=iowadict />
-Boies, who was once a Republican, became a Democrat after the Republican Party began supporting prohibition and high tariffs. In 1889, he was elected governor by opposing the dry Republican demand for prohibition. Reelected in 1891, he was defeated when hard times came in 1893, by [[Frank D. Jackson]], a Republican. He was a prominent [[populism|populist]] and advocate of [[bimetallism]]. In 1892, Boies ran a distant third in the presidential nominating contest at a Democratic National Convention handily dominated by former (and future) president Grover Cleveland. He died on April 4, 1923, in [[Long Beach, California]]. He is buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Waterloo, Iowa.<ref name="ngaHBoies"/>
+Boies left the Republican Party in 1880 due to their support of [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition]]. He was elected governor of Iowa as a Democrat in 1889, breaking longtime Republican dominance of state politics. Reelected in 1891, he was defeated in 1893, by [[Frank D. Jackson]], a Republican. He was a prominent [[populism|populist]] and advocate of [[bimetallism]], and during his term as governor proclaimed Iowa's first [[Labor Day]] holiday.<ref name=iowadict />
+As governor, Boies gained sufficient prominence to become involved in national Democratic Party politics, though his campaigns for the presidential nomination at the [[1892 Democratic National Convention|1892]] and [[1896 Democratic National Convention]]s were unsuccessful. His last political campaign, in 1902, was an unsuccessful attempt at the Democratic nomination for a Congressional seat from Iowa.<ref name=iowadict />
+Following his retirement, Boies moved to [[Long Beach, California]]. This was a popular destination for Iowans at the time, and Boies was active in social events of his fellow Iowan transplants, participating in the Long Beach Iowa Reunion and serving as president of the Long Beach Iowa Association.<ref name=iowadict />
 == References ==
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 ==External links==
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+*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D02E5D9163EEF33A25756C0A96F9C94629ED7CF HONORED BY IOWA DEMOCRATS] article printed September 5, 1893 in the [[New York Times]]
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