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