BOYDS IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS 1774 - Present
BOYD,Adam, 1746-1835
BOYD,Adam, a Representative
from New Jersey; born in Mendham, N.J.,
March 21, 1746; moved to Bergen
County about 1770 and to Hackensack a
few years later; member of
the board of freeholders and justices in
1773, 1784,1791, 1794, and
1798; sheriff of Bergen County 1778-1781 and
again in 1789; member of the
State house of assembly in 1782, 1783,
1787, 1794, and 1795; judge
of the court of common pleas of Bergen
County 1803-1805; elected
as a Republican to the Eighth Congress (March
4, 1803-March 3,1805); elected
to the Tenth Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Ezra
Darby; reelected to the Eleventh and Twelfth
Congresses and served from
March 8, 1808, to March 3, 1813; again judge
of the court of common pleas
1813-1833; died in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., August 15, 1835;
interment in the First Reformed Church
Cemetery.
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BOYD,Alexander, 1764-1857
BOYD,Alexander, a Representative
from New York; born in Albany, N.Y.,
September 14, 1764; moved
to Middleburg, Schoharie County, N.Y., and
engaged in agricultural pursuits;
elected as a Federalist to the
Thirteenth Congress (March
4,1813-March 3, 1815); died in the town of
Esperence, Schoharie County,
N.Y., April 8,1857; interment in Schoharie
Cemetery, Schoharie, N.Y.
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BOYD,F. Allen, Jr., 1945-
BOYD,F. Allen, Jr., a Representative
from Florida; born in Valdosta,
Lowndes County, Ga., June
6, 1945; graduated Florida State University,
Tallahassee, 1969; served
in the United States Army, 1969-1971; member
of the Florida house of representatives,1989-1996;
elected as a Democrat
to the One Hundred Fifth and
to the two succeeding Congresses (January
3, 1997-January 3, 2003).
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BOYD,John Frank, 1853-1945
BOYD,John Frank, a Representative
from Nebraska; born in Connellsville,
Fayette County, Pa., August
8, 1853; moved with his parents to Henry
County, Ill., in 1857;attended
the public schools and Abingdon (Ill.)
College; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced
practice in Galva, Ill.; moved
to Nebraska in 1883 and settled in
Oakdale, Antelope County;
prosecuting attorney of Antelope County,
Nebr.,1888-1894; judge of
the Ninth Judicial District Court of Nebraska
1900-1907; moved to Neligh,
Antelope County, Nebr., in 1901; elected as
a Republican to the Sixtieth
Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909);
unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first
Congress; resumed the practice
of law in Neligh, Nebr., until 1929, when
he retired and moved to Los
Angeles, Calif.; died in Los Angeles,
Calif., May 28, 1945;interment
in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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BOYD,John Huggins, 1799-1868
BOYD, John Huggins, a Representative
from New York; born in Salem, N.Y.,
July 31, 1799; attended the
common schools, and was graduated from
Washington Academy,Salem,
N.Y., in 1818; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1823 and commenced
practice in Salem, N.Y., but shortly
afterward moved to Whitehall,
N.Y.; elected justice of the peace in 1828
and served for many years;
member of the State assembly in 1840;
supervisor of Whitehall in
1845, 1848, and 1849; elected as a Whig to
the Thirty-second Congress
(March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); special
surrogate of Washington County
1857-1859; elected president of the
village; resumed the practice
of law; died in Whitehall,Washington
County, N.Y., on July 2, 1868;
interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Salem,
N.Y.
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BOYD,Linn, 1800-1859
BOYD, Linn, a Representative
from Kentucky; born in Nashville, Tenn.,
November 22, 1800; pursued
preparatory studies; moved with his parents
to New Design, Trigg County,
Ky.; engaged in agricultural pursuits in
Calloway County; member of
the State house of representatives 1827-1832;
returned to Trigg County in
1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-fourth Congress (March
4, 1835-March 3, 1837); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in
1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; elected
as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth
and to the seven succeeding Congresses
(March 4,1839-March 3, 1855);
chairman, Committee on Accounts (Thirtieth
Congress), Committee on Territories
(Thirty-first Congress); Speaker of
the House of Representatives
(Thirty-second and Thirty-third
Congresses); moved to Paducah,
Ky., in 1852; elected Lieutenant Governor
of Kentucky in 1859, but when
the senate convened was too ill to preside
over its deliberations; died
in Paducah, Ky., December 17, 1859;
interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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BOYD, Sempronius Hamilton,
1828-1894
BOYD, Sempronius Hamilton,
a Representative from Missouri; born near
Nashville,Williamson County,
Tenn., May 28, 1828; moved to Missouri in
1840 with his parents,who
settled on a farm near Springfield, Greene
County; educated by private
tutors; moved to California in 1849, where
he prospected for gold and
taught school; returned to Missouri in 1854;
clerk of the court of Greene
County 1854-1856; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1856 and commenced
practice in Springfield, Mo.; mayor of
Springfield in 1856;during
the Civil War raised the Twenty-fourth
Missouri Infantry and served
as colonel until his election to Congress;
elected as an Unconditional
Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress
(March 4, 1863- March 3, 1865);
chairman, Committee on Revisal and
Unfinished Business (Thirty-eighth
Congress); appointed judge of the
court of the fourteenth judicial
district in 1865; member of the
Republican National Committee
1864-1868; delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1864;
interested in building and operating the
Southwest Pacific Railroad
1867-1874; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-first Congress (March
4,1869-March 3, 1871); chairman, Committee
on Revolutionary Claims (Forty-first
Congress); operated a wagon factory
1874-1876; resumed the practice
of law; appointed Minister Resident and
consul general to Siam by
President Harrison on October 1, 1890,and
served until October 26, 1892;
died in Springfield, Greene County, Mo.,
June 22,1894; interment in
the Hazelwood Cemetery.
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BOYD,Thomas Alexander, 1830-1897
BOYD,Thomas Alexander, a Representative
from Illinois; born near
Bedford, Adams County, Pa.,
June 25, 1830; attended the public schools;
was graduated from Marshall
College, Mercersburg, Pa., in 1848; studied
law in Chambersburg, Pa.;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in Bedford, Pa.; moved to
Lewistown, Ill., in 1856 and engaged in the
practice of law until 1861;
during the Civil War enlisted in the
Seventeenth Regiment, Illinois
Infantry, in 1861 and obtained the
commission of captain; member
of the State senate in 1866 and was
reelected in 1870; elected
as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and
Forty-sixth Congresses (March
4, 1877-March 3, 1881); was not a
candidate for renomination
in 1880; resumed the practice of law; died in
Lewistown, Fulton County,
Ill.,May 28, 1897; interment in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
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