What is Leonard Boswell?
[[File:Leonardboswell.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Boswell in January 2011]] '''Leonard L. Boswell''' (January 10, 1934 – August 17, 2018) was an American politician. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|IA|3}} from 1997 to 2013. Boswell was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Boswell lost 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. Boswell was born in [[Harrison County, Missouri]]. He studied at [[Graceland College]]. Boswell died at a hospital in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] from complications of [[gastrointestinal cancer]] on August 17, 2018, aged 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weareiowa.com/news/local-news/fmr-rep-leonard-boswell-in-the-hospital/1378865425|title=Former Rep. Leonard Boswell Dies in Des Moines Hospital|publisher=We Are Iowa|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|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> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.boswellforcongress.com/ Re—Elect Boswell U.S. Congressman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013133008/http://www.boswellforcongress.com/ |date=2018-10-13 }} ''official campaign site'' * {{CongLinks | congbio=b000652 | votesmart=384 | fec=H6IA03144 | congress= }} <!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Leonard_Boswell Biography] at [[Ballotpedia]] * [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/400042 Congressional profile] at [[GovTrack]] * [http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400042_Leonard_Boswell Congressional profile] at [[Participatory Politics Foundation|OpenCongress]] * [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004208 Financial information (federal office)] at [[Center for Respo