# Philo Boyden

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'''Philo Quincy Boyden''' (1829–1922) was an American [pharmacist](/source/pharmacist) from [Hudson, Wisconsin](/source/Hudson%2C_Wisconsin), who served two one-year terms as a member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly).<ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848&ndash;1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 31] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209014416/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |date=2006-12-09 }}</ref>

== Background ==
Boyden was born in [Washington County, Indiana](/source/Washington_County%2C_Indiana), on January 4, 1829, the seventh of nine children of David and Rebecca Boyden. His father was a former [mason](/source/Freemasonry) who became a [physician](/source/physician).<ref>Wallace C., Merrill N. and Amos J. Boyden. ''Thomas Boyden and his descendants'' Boston: privately published (printed by T. R. Marvin & son, printers), 1901; pp. 58-59</ref> He received a common school education, and became a druggist by trade. He moved from Washington County to [Madison County, Indiana](/source/Madison_County%2C_Indiana), in 1851.

He moved to Hudson, Wisconsin, in 1859, becoming a pioneering druggist of the area. He was one of the thirteen original incorporators and shareholders of the [Wisconsin Railway Company](/source/Wisconsin_Railway_Company) organized on June 14, 1863, which would later become part of the [Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad](/source/Chicago%2C_Milwaukee%2C_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad).<ref>Railroad Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin. "First Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin". Madison: Atwood & Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874; pp. 113-114, 229</ref>

== Public office ==
Boyden was elected mayor of the city of Hudson in 1872, without opposition. He was elected to the Assembly's [St. Croix County](/source/St._Croix_County%2C_Wisconsin) district in 1874 as a member of the [Reform Party](/source/Reform_Party_(19th_century_Wisconsin)) (a short-lived [coalition](/source/coalition) of [Democrats](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), [reform](/source/reform) and [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Republican_Party_(United_States)) [Republicans](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), and [Grangers](/source/The_National_Grange_of_the_Order_of_Patrons_of_Husbandry) formed in 1873, which secured the election of a [governor](/source/Governor_of_Wisconsin) and a number of state legislators), defeating Republican incumbent [Harvey Clapp](/source/Harvey_Clapp) with 1407 votes to Clapp's 1230. He was assigned to the [standing committee](/source/standing_committee)s on [incorporations](/source/corporation) and on [medical societies](/source/health_association).<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1875 Bashford, R. M., ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc.'' Fourteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1875; pp. 245, 333-334, 341, 347, 348]</ref> He was re-elected in 1875, receiving 1,499 votes against 1,265 for Republican [Merton Herrick](/source/Merton_Herrick). He was assigned to the committee on [ways and means](/source/ways_and_means) and remained on the medical societies committee.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1876 Bashford, R. M., ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc.'' Fifteenth Annual Edition. Madison: E. B. Bolens, State Printer, 1876; p. 390, 476, 484, 490, 491]</ref>

He was not a candidate for re-election in 1876, and was succeeded by fellow Reformer [Guy Dailey](/source/Guy_Dailey).

== Heritage ==
His [Victorian Gothic](/source/Victorian_Gothic) home, built in 1879, is still standing in Hudson.<ref>"Historic Walking Tour" Hudson, Wisconsin: Hudson Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, n.d.</ref>

== References ==
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