William D. Boies | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | George Cromwell Scott |
| Succeeded by | Ed H. Campbell |
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| Born | (1857-01-03)January 3, 1857 |
| Died | May 31, 1932(1932-05-31) (aged 75) |
| Party | Republican |
| Profession | Lawyer |
William Dayton Boies (January 3, 1857 – May 31, 1932) was a lawyer, trial-court judge and five-term RepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa.
Born on a farm inBoone County, Illinois, Boies attended country schools and the public schools ofBelvidere, Illinois. He moved with his parents toBuchanan County, Iowa, in 1873 and settled near the town ofQuasqueton. He was graduated in law from theUniversity of Iowa College of Law atIowa City in 1880. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice inSanborn, inO'Brien County, Iowa.He moved to nearbySheldon, Iowa, in 1887, where he continued the practice of law.
Boies was an unsuccessful candidate for election as judge of the district court in 1890. He served as member of the school board of the independent school district of Sheldon from 1900 to 1912. He was appointed judge of the district court of the fourth judicial district of Iowa on January 1, 1913.On a division of this district, he became judge of the twenty-first judicial district, and in 1914 was elected for a term of four years.
On March 31, 1918, Boies resigned as judge to become a candidate for the Republican nomination to represent Iowa's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House. The incumbent,George Cromwell Scott, had chosen not to seek re-election. Boies won the Republican nomination (defeating two opponents), and then the seat (defeating former CongressmanThomas J. Steele),[1] becoming a member of theSixty-sixth Congress.
Boies was re-elected to Congress four times, and never defeated. He was one of the managers appointed by the House in 1926 to conduct the impeachment proceedings againstGeorge W. English, judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928. In all, he served from March 4, 1919 to March 3, 1929.He died inSheldon, Iowa on May 31, 1932. He was interred in Eastlawn Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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