David Augustus Boody (August 13, 1837 – January 20, 1930) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served briefly as a United States representative from

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in 1891.

Biography

Born in a log cabin built by his father in Jackson, Maine, Boody was the son of David and Lucretia Boody, and attended the common schools and

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(in Andover, Massachusetts). He studied law with Charles M. Brown in

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, was admitted to the

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in 1860 at Belfast, Maine, and commenced practice in Camden, Maine. He married Alice H. Treat.

Career

Boody moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1862 and engaged in the banking and brokerage business. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-eighth Congress in 1882, and was a delegate to the

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s in 1884 and 1892. He was president of Berkeley Institute in Brooklyn from 1886 to 1922.

Congress

Elected as a

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to the Fifty-second Congress, Boody served as United States Representative for the second district of New York and held office from March 4, 1891 until his resignation on October 13, 1891.

Career after Congress

Boody was

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in 1892 and 1893, and resumed his former banking and brokerage business. He was President of the Louisiana and Northwestern Railway and Vice-President of the Sprague National Bank. He served as president of the board of trustees of the

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from 1897 until his death, and was a member of the New York Stock Exchange but retired in 1926.

Death and legacy

Boody died in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, on January 20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160 days). He is

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at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. David A. Boody Junior High School is named after him in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn named a fireboat after Boody in 1892. The

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and the FDNY operated her until 1914

References

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