Horace Boies

Horace Boies ( born December 7, 1827 in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, † April 4, 1923 in Long Beach, California ) was an American politician and from 1890 to 1894 the 14th Governor of the state of Iowa.

Early years and political rise

Horace Boies attended the local schools of his home. After four years, where he worked on a farm, he decided to study law. After graduating he was admitted in 1852 as a lawyer.

In 1855 he was elected for a period in the House of Representatives from New York. In 1867 he moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where he began a successful legal career. Originally Boies was a member of the Republican Party. As this party but endorsed the Prohibition laws and occurred even for high import duties, he stepped over to the Democrats. In 1889 he was elected as a candidate of his new party for governor of his state. He was 1855-1933 the only governor of Iowa, who belonged to the Democrats.

Governor of Iowa

Horace Boies took up his new post on February 27, 1890. After a re-election in 1891, he could remain in office until 11 January 1894. During his tenure, he tried the Prohibition Act in Iowa repeal or transferred to local authorities whose application. However, he could not prevail in the legislature with it. In 1893 he stood for re-election. But this time he was defeated by Republican challenger Frank D. Jackson.

Further CV

In 1893 him the place of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Minister was offered, but he refused. Both 1892 and 1896 he was the Democratic Party as a presidential candidate in the interview. He was not nominated in both cases. In 1902, Boies applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He died in 1923 at the age of 95 years. Governor Boies was married twice and had four children.