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{{Short description|American politician (1934–2018)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|birth_name=Leonard Leroy Boswell
|name=Leonard Boswell
|image name=Rep. Leonard Boswell.jpg
|state1=[[Iowa]]
|district1={{ushr|IA|3|3rd}}
|term_start1=January 3, 1997
|term_end1=January 3, 2013
|preceded1=[[Jim Ross Lightfoot|Jim Lightfoot]]
|succeeded1=[[Tom Latham (politician)|Tom Latham]]
|office2 = President of the [[Iowa Senate]]
|term2 = January 11, 1993 – January 3, 1997
|predecessor2 = [[Michael Gronstal]]
|successor2 = [[Mary Kramer]]
|office3= Member of the [[Iowa Senate]]
|term3= 1985–1997
|birth_date={{birth date|1934|01|10}} 
|birth_place=[[Harrison County, Missouri]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date|2018|08|17}} (aged 84)
|death_place=[[Des Moines, Iowa]], U.S.
|party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse= {{marriage|Dody Boswell|1955}}
|children= 4
|profession=Farmer
|alma_mater=[[Graceland College]]
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|serviceyears=1956-1976
|rank=[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]]
|battles=[[Vietnam War]]
|awards=[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (2)<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] (2)<br/>[[Soldier's Medal]]
}}

'''Leonard Leroy Boswell''' (January 10, 1934 – August 17, 2018) was an American politician who served as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|IA|3}} from 1997 to 2013, a district based in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he was defeated for reelection in 2012 by 4th district incumbent [[Tom Latham (politician)|Tom Latham]], who decided to run against him after redistricting. Boswell left Congress in January 2013.

==Early life, education and career==
Boswell was born in [[Harrison County, Missouri]], the son of Margaret and Melvin Boswell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/boswell.htm|title=Ancestry® {{!}} Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records|website=freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref> He was raised on a farm and educated at [[Graceland University]] in [[Lamoni, Iowa]].<ref name=nyt_obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/obituaries/leonard-boswell-veterans-champion-in-the-house-dies-at-84.html |title=Leonard Boswell, Veterans' Champion in the House, Dies at 84 - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 10, 1934 |access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref>

Boswell spent twenty years in the [[United States Army]]. He was first [[Conscription|drafted]] in the Army in 1956 as a [[Private (rank)|private]]. He later graduated from Artillery Officers Candidate School, eventually rising to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]]. During his military career, he earned two [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]es, two [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]s, the [[Soldier's Medal]], and various other awards and decorations. He served two one-year tours of duty as an assault helicopter pilot in [[Vietnam]]. He also served two [[NATO]] tours of duty in [[Europe]], first for four years in [[Germany]], and later three years in [[Portugal]]. Additionally, he taught at the [[Army Command and General Staff College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausa.org/legislation/congressionalinfo/Documents/OAS%20112th%20Congress.pdf |title=Once a Soldier... Always a Soldier |year=2011 |work=Legislative Agenda |publisher=[[Association of the United States Army]] |access-date=January 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021200011/http://www.ausa.org/legislation/congressionalinfo/Documents/OAS%20112th%20Congress.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}</ref>

==Early political career==
Boswell was elected to the [[Iowa Senate]] in 1984 and served three terms in that body.  In 1986, he ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]], but was narrowly defeated by Scott Hughes of Council Bluffs in the Democratic primary.  He was President of the Iowa Senate from 1993 to 1996.  He was the Democratic nominee for [[Lieutenant Governor of Iowa]] in 1994, as [[Bonnie Campbell (lawyer)|Bonnie Campbell]]'s running mate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/IA/H/03/leonard.boswell.html |title=CNN/AllPolitics Election '98 |publisher=Cnn.com |date=January 10, 1934 |access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/18/leonard-boswell-veteran-congress-house-democrat-iowa-obituary-military-farmer-agriculture/1030519002/ |title=Leonard Boswell recalled as patriot, humble farmer, public servant |publisher=Desmoinesregister.com |access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==

===Committee assignments===
*[[United States House Committee on Agriculture|Committee on Agriculture]]
**[[United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management|Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management]] (Ranking Member)
**[[United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry|Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry]]
*[[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]]
**[[United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit|Subcommittee on Highways and Transit]]

===Issues===
In the 111th Congress, Boswell voted with Democratic leadership more often than 131 members, or 49%, of the Democratic Caucus.<ref name=votewithparty>{{cite news|title=House Voting with Party Scores, 111th Congress |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/house/party-voters/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=September 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914094658/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/house/party-voters/ |archive-date=September 14, 2010 }}</ref>

====Taxes====
In a debate in 2012, Boswell said that he opposes an extension of the [[Bush tax cuts]] and supports tax increases for those with high incomes. Boswell criticized his opponent for signing a pledge not to raise taxes. Boswell said, "If you look at this trickle-down theory, I don't see where that's been a historical success."<ref name="debate"/>

====Health care====
Boswell supported the [[Affordable Care Act]]. In a 2012 debate, Boswell defended his vote in favor of the [[Affordable Care Act]]. He said, "Obamacare … is actually working. I think the people out across Iowa as they talk to me about it, the parts of it that have really been important to them, they're appreciative of."<ref name="debate">[http://kmaland.com/07546_CANDIDATES-BOSWELL_052122.asp]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Boswell authored H.R. 327, the Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act, which was signed into law in 2007 and provides mental health services and support for veterans.<ref name=nyt_obit/>

Boswell voted to expand funding for the [[State Children's Health Insurance Program]] (SCHIP) and voted twice to override the President's veto of SCHIP legislation.  cap and trade legislation for carbon emissions, and h<ref name="desmoinesregister1">[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100329/NEWS09/3290311]{{dead link|date=July 2010}}</ref>

====Education====
Boswell has voted to double Pell Grants and supported the 2007 College Cost Reduction and Access Act, providing the largest increase in college aid since the GI bill. He voted for the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.

====Foreign policy====
On October 10, 2002, Boswell voted in favor of authorizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/107-2002/h455 Page] on govtrack.us.</ref>

====National security====
In 2001 Boswell voted for the USA PATRIOT Act, and for its reauthorization in 2005.

In 2008 he supported passing the FISA bill granting telecommunications companies immunity from prosecution for their involvement in [[warrantless wiretapping]] of American citizens. He sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi encouraging her not to fight the bill. He voted for the final House version of the bill once he was convinced it provided adequate protection for telecom companies.

====Gun rights====
Boswell, a strong proponent of [[Gun politics in the United States|gun rights]] in a state that supports the issue, wrote an op-ed in the local Council Bluffs newspaper criticizing [[Mitt Romney]] for flip-flopping on the issue of gun rights, an issue supported by local Iowans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iowa Dem congressman blasts Romney on guns|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2011/12/iowa-dem-congressman-blasts-romney-on-guns-107617|publisher=Politico|access-date=April 20, 2012|author=EMILY SCHULTHEIS|date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>

During Boswell's 2010 re-election campaign, his views on gun rights and armed self-defense earned him an "A" rating from the [[NRA Political Victory Fund]], which endorsed him over his (also "A"-rated) Republican rival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3492 |title=Project Vote Smart - National Rifle Association Rating |publisher=Votesmart.org |access-date=September 19, 2011}}</ref>

====Subsidies and stimulus spending====
He has supported the [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]] and the 2009 stimulus bill. The Iowa Independent reported that the conservative group [[American Crossroads|Crossroads GPS]] criticized Boswell's vote approving the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Crossroads uses local report to further attack Boswell |url=http://iowaindependent.com/62928/crossroads-uses-local-report-to-further-attack-boswell |publisher=IowaIndependent.com |access-date=April 20, 2012 |author=Andrew Duffelmeyer |date=October 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031171615/http://iowaindependent.com/62928/crossroads-uses-local-report-to-further-attack-boswell |archive-date=October 31, 2011 }}</ref>  The group, ran by [[Steven J. Law]] with ties to [[Karl Rove]], had purchased $85,125 worth of TV time at KCCI, Des Moines local CBS channel targeting Boswell.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crossroads buying ads in Des Moines |url=http://iowaindependent.com/62718/crossroads-buying-ads-in-des-moines |publisher=IowaIndependent.com |access-date=April 20, 2012 |author=Andrew Duffelmeyer |date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119210845/http://iowaindependent.com/62718/crossroads-buying-ads-in-des-moines |archive-date=January 19, 2012 }}</ref> Six weeks later, Crossroads GPS invested another $150,000 to the campaign. The money will be used to create and air two [[Negative campaigning|commercials]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Crossroads puts 'Pea-losi' in Boswell's pod|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/david-catanese/2011/12/crossroads-puts-pea-losi-in-boswells-pod-041341|publisher=Politico|access-date=April 26, 2012|author=DAVID CATANESE|date=December 7, 2011}}</ref>

==Political campaigns==
[[File:Mark Warner and Leonard Boswell.jpg|thumb|right|Boswell with Virginia Governor [[Mark Warner]], 2006]]

Boswell won the Democratic nomination for the 3rd District after 12-year [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Jim Ross Lightfoot]] made an unsuccessful run for the [[United States Senate]].  He defeated [[Poweshiek County]] Attorney Mike Mahaffey by just over 4,000 votes.  He was likely helped by [[Bill Clinton]] carrying the district, as well as the endorsement of the normally Republican-leaning Iowa [[Farm Bureau]].  He was handily reelected in 1998 and 2000. During his 2nd term, Boswell pledged to serve no more than 8 years. By 2004 he had reversed that pledge, stating that "A thinking person is allowed to change their mind."<ref>Iowa Press transcript, Iowa Public Television, September 24, 2004 {{cite web |url=http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/transcripts/3204.cfm |title=Iowa Press - Transcripts 9-24-04 |access-date=August 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808002931/http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/transcripts/3204.cfm |archive-date=August 8, 2009 }}</ref>

For his first three terms, Boswell represented a sprawling district that stretched from the [[Illinois]] border almost to the [[Nebraska]] border.  However, his district was dismantled in the 2000s round of redistricting (even though Iowa didn't lose any seats), and its territory was split among three other districts. Boswell's home was shifted to the heavily Republican 5th District. Rather than face almost certain defeat, Boswell moved to Des Moines in the newly created 3rd District—thus making him technically the successor to [[Greg Ganske]], who represented a Des Moines-based district from 1995 to 2003 and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2002.

Boswell had a non-[[cancer]]ous [[tumor]] removed from his stomach in 2005.  The surgery and resulting recovery period caused him to be the most-absent member of Congress for the year. Rumors circulated that Democrats were looking to replace him on the ballot for 2006's Congressional race against Iowa GOP Senate leader [[Jeff Lamberti]], but Boswell's return to work and apparent good health put an end to the speculation. He was reelected to his 7th term on November 4, 2008.

After the 2010 census, Boswell's district was significantly redrawn.  It now extended across the southwestern part of the state from Des Moines to [[Council Bluffs]]. He faced 4th District congressman [[Tom Latham (politician)|Tom Latham]] in the 2012 election; Latham had been drawn into the same district as fellow Republican [[Steve King]] and opted to move to the 3rd. Talking about his re-election campaign, Boswell quipped, "I'm running against Tom Latham, I think I'm running against [[John Boehner|Boehner]], and there's this guy called [[Karl Rove]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/iowas-leonard-boswell-faces-a-gop-challenger-who-is-aligned-with-boehner/2012/04/28/gIQAPSVBoT_story_1.html|title=Iowa's Leonard Boswell faces a GOP challenger aligned with Boehner|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Ed|last=O'Keefe|date=April 27, 2012|access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref> Politico described the race between Boswell and Tom Latham, both [[incumbent]]s faced off against each other as a result of redistricting, as one of ten [[bellwether]] races.<ref>{{cite web|title=Politico: Iowa's 3rd CD a bellwether race |url=http://iowaindependent.com/62051/politico-iowas-3rd-cd-a-bellwether-race/ |publisher=The Iowa Independent |access-date=May 5, 2012 |author=Andrew Duffelmeyer |date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205031404/http://iowaindependent.com/62051/politico-iowas-3rd-cd-a-bellwether-race |archive-date= December 5, 2011 }}</ref> At the end of the first quarter of 2012, Boswell trailed Latham substantially in both fundraising and cash on hand.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Jennifer|title=Latham raised nearly twice as much as Boswell in the 1st quarter|url=http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/04/13/latham-raised-nearly-410000-in-the-1st-quarter-campaign-says/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714185048/http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/04/13/latham-raised-nearly-410000-in-the-1st-quarter-campaign-says/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|access-date=May 5, 2012|newspaper=Des Moines Register|date=April 13, 2012}}</ref> Latham won the race, 52.4% to 43.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20121106/NEWS/121109740/1016 |title=In Iowa's 3rd District, Latham retires Boswell - Omaha.com |access-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130191406/http://www.omaha.com/article/20121106/NEWS/121109740/1016 |archive-date=January 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="politico.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/House/2012/|title=2016 Election Results: President Live Map by State, Real-Time Voting Updates|website=Election Hub|date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Leonard and Dody Boswell.jpg|thumb|right|Boswell and his wife Dody, 2006]]

==Personal life==
Boswell was a member of the [[Community of Christ]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000816004242/http://www.adherents.com/adh_congress.html Religion of U.S. Congress]}}. Adherents.com. Retrieved on July 12, 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kcci.com/article/former-iowa-congressman-hospitalized-after-being-found-unresponsive/22761559|title=Spokesperson: Former Iowa congressman dies at hospital|last=Gothner|first=Chris|date=August 18, 2018|work=KCCI|access-date=August 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref> He has been married to Dody Boswell since 1956; they have three children.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/IA/H/03/leonard.boswell.html CNN/AllPolitics Election '98]. Cnn.com (January 10, 1934). Retrieved on July 12, 2010.</ref> He also had another daughter from previous marriage. Boswell operated a farm in [[Davis City, Iowa|Davis City]] that has been in his family for several generations.  He was a member of the board of directors for the [[Decatur County, Iowa|Decatur County]] farmer's cooperative from 1979 to 1993, serving for most of that time as president.

In July 2011, Boswell and his family were the victims of a home invasion. At about 10:45&nbsp;p.m. on July 16, an armed man came through the front door of Boswell's Iowa farmhouse, attacked his daughter, Cindy Brown, and demanded money. The Congressman struggled with the man until his grandson, Mitchell Brown, aimed a shotgun at the intruder, at which point the intruder fled the house into the surrounding fields.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723025237/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ivuioxwudNah4eyAVbJSi9FP-ZMA?docId=8491924cd9fe4e93885aeeca0a269eb2 Iowa congressman, family safe after home invasion], Associated Press. July 17, 2011.</ref>

Boswell died in Des Moines, Iowa on August 17, 2018, after suffering from complications of [[pseudomyxoma peritonei]], a rare form of cancer, for over 13 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.weareiowa.com/news/local-news/fmr-rep-leonard-boswell-in-the-hospital/1378865425|title=Fmr. Rep. Leonard Boswell dies in Des Moines hospital|last=Beckman|first=Sarah|date=August 17, 2018|work=WEAREIOWA|access-date=August 18, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912163301/https://www.weareiowa.com/news/local-news/fmr-rep-leonard-boswell-dies-at-des-moines-hospital/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcci.com/article/former-iowa-congressman-hospitalized-after-being-found-unresponsive/22761559|title=Leonard Boswell Obituary|date=August 18, 2018 |publisher=kcci.com|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref> His wife, Dody, died eight days later on August 25, 2018, the day of his funeral. Her family said she died after suffering from a "prolonged illness". Both were interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, in Lamoni, Iowa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/25/dody-leonard-boswell-wife-teacher-edutcation-veteran-double-funeral-marriage-alzheimers-love/1096541002/|title=Dody Boswell, Iowa teacher, has died. She was married to Rep. Boswell, who died a week ago.|website=Des Moines Register|access-date=January 17, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.boswellforcongress.com/ Re—Elect Boswell U.S. Congressman] ''official campaign site''
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* [https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=76&personID=6627 Iowa General Assembly - Senator Leonard Boswell] 
* [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=953 Our Campaigns – Senator Leonard Boswell (IA)] profile 
* [http://ballotpedia.org/Leonard_Boswell Biography] at [[Ballotpedia]]
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gIQANc1NAP_topic.html Collected news and commentary] at ''[[The Washington Post]]''
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* [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004208 Financial information (federal office)] at [[Center for Responsive Politics|OpenSecrets.org]]
* [http://www.legistorm.com/member/140/Rep_Leonard_Boswell.htm Staff salaries, trips and personal finance] at LegiStorm.com
* [http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Leonard_Boswell.htm Issue positions and quotes] at [[On the Issues]]
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