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| - Coxbourne was born in Ames, Iowa to second-generation English American lawyer George Coxbourne and Elizabeth Carey. After the end of the American Civil War, he moved to Denver at the age of six, along with his family. In 1875, angered by President Johnson's decision not to grant statehood to the Colorado Territory, his father joined the Rioblancoan Independence Congress (later the Home Guard Party); this event would shape Philip's political identity. After completing university at Colorado Boulder, Coxbourne moved to Springs and worked as a property lawyer, while also participating in local Home Guard Party seatings. He became an increasingly important figure in the local branch of the party, to the point where he was elected Superintendent, an office he would hold for fourteen years.
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