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Horace Boies

American politician (1827-1923)
Person human Q889115

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
December 7, 1827
Date of death
April 4, 1923
Place of birth
Aurora
Place of death
Long Beach
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
lawyer, politician, governor, jurist
Position held
governor of Iowa, member of the New York State Assembly[11][12]
Member of political party
Democratic Party, Republican Party[14][15]
Work location
Albany, Waterloo, Des Moines, Hamburg[18][19][20][21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Boies[16]
Given name
Horace[17]
Number of children
+4[23]
Place of burial
Elmwood Cemetery[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Horace Boies ar هوراس بويس he הוראס בויס ko 호러스 보이스 zh 霍勒斯·博伊斯
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
5099155566486813380008
GND ID
1183285787
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Horace Boies.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
0500080
Biographical Dictionary of Iowa ID
39
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02250322
Find a Grave memorial ID
18492849
Freebase ID
/m/06j8pl
Geni.com profile ID
6000000020959240122
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org
Our Campaigns candidate ID
35340
Political Graveyard politician ID
boghos-boker.html#709.92.57
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Prabook ID
1057958
WikiTree person ID
Boies-34
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjmMtv8VFjDkxVpRpPxXd

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🔗 Connections
Work location 4
Des Moines, Albany, Waterloo, Hamburg
Member of political party 2
Republican Party, Democratic Party
Occupation 2
lawyer, politician
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Aurora
Place of death 1
Long Beach
Position held 1
governor of Iowa
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Jean Lobstein
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Summary

Horace Boies was born on December 7, 1827[1], in Aurora[2]. He died on April 4, 1923[3], in Long Beach[4]. He worked as a lawyer[5], politician[6], governor[7], and jurist[8].

FAQs

Where was Horace Boies born?

Horace Boies was born in Aurora[2].

Where did Horace Boies die?

Horace Boies died in Long Beach[4].

What did Horace Boies do for work?

Horace Boies worked as a lawyer[5], politician[6], governor[7], and jurist[8].

Related Entities

lawyer United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → lawyer, politician, governor +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32153|batch #32153]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (35)"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Country of citizenship → United States
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp02250322
    Citizenship → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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