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Preceded by
  
Jerediah Horsford

Name
  
Azariah Boody

Resigned
  
October 1853

Spouse(s)
  
Ambia Corson Boody

Succeeded by
  
Davis Carpenter

Political party
  
Whig

Party
  
Whig Party

Citizenship
  
United States

Role
  
American Politician


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Born
  
April 21, 1815 Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, Canada (
1815-04-21
)

Profession
  
Farmer Politician Railroad President

Died
  
November 18, 1885, New York, United States

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Azariah Boody (April 21, 1815 – November 18, 1885) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

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Biography

Born in Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, Canada, on April 21, 1815, Boody was the son of Jonathan and Nancy Evans Boody. He moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Lowell. He attended the common schools, and moved to Rochester, New York, in 1850 where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was also trustee of the University of Rochester from 1853 to 1865. He married Ambia Corson.

Career

Elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third United States Congress, Boody served as a United States Representative for the twenty-ninth district of New York. He served from March 4 until his resignation in October 1853, citing "pre-existing obligations."

Boody invested heavily in railroads, and was responsible for several New York lines (including the Genesee Valley Railroad, the Niagara Falls Railroad, and the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad) being consolidated with others into the New York Central Railroad system. He also served on the board of directors of the Lake Erie, Wabash, and St. Louis Railroad Company, and was the president of the Wabash and Toledo Railroad Company until 1873.

Death and legacy

Boody died of pneumonia in New York, New York County, New York, on November 18, 1885 (age 70 years, 211 days). He is interred at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York. Boody's name is still honored by the University of Rochester community. There is or has been a "secret organization" called the Azariah Boody Society, dedicated to promoting school spirit. The popular school song "The Dandelion Yellow," written by Charles F. Cole and Richard L. Greenen in 1925, contains a verse commemorating Boody's donation of his cow pastures to the university:

O, Azariah Boody's cows were sleek and noble kine
They wandered o'er the verdant fields where grew the dandelion.
And when they drove the cows away to build a home for knowledge
They took the color from the flow'r and gave it to the college.

References

Azariah Boody Wikipedia