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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Kentucky / USLinn BOYD
(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.
Bibliography
Hamilton, Holman. “Kentucky’s Linn Boyd and the
Dramatic Days of 1850.” Kentucky Historical Society
Register 55 (July 1957): 185-95.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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