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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NebraskaJohn Frank BOYD
(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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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