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
Personal details
Born	December 7, 1827 Aurora, New York
Died	April 4, 1923(1923-04-04) (aged 95) Long Beach, California
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Adella King (died 1855) Versalia M. Barber (died 1877)
Children	four
Profession	Lawyer

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 1855-1933.

Life before Iowa

Horace was born in 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 1857.

Life in Iowa

Horace moved to Waterloo, Iowa in 1867 and opened his law office. His legal career became successful.

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 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.

External links

• Biography from the National Governors Association
• HONORED BY IOWA DEMOCRATS article printed September 5, 1893 in the New York Times