Adam Boyd

Adam Boyd (born March 21, 1746 in Mendham , Morris County , Province of New Jersey , †  August 15, 1835 in Hackensack , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1813 he represented the state of New Jersey twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Adam Boyd grew up during the British colonial era. In 1770 he moved to Bergen County . In the local community of Hackensack he was several times a member of the legal committee between 1773 and 1798. Between 1778 and 1781 he was Sheriff's chief of police in Bergen County. At the same time he began a political career. Between 1782 and 1795 he sat several times as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . He later became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . Between 1803 and 1805, Boyd served as an appellate judge in Bergen County.

In the congressional election of 1802 , Boyd was elected for the first seat of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John Condit on March 4, 1803 . Until March 3, 1805, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . During this time, President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and the ratification of the twelfth amendment fell .

After the death of MP Ezra Darby , Adam Boyd was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives, where he was able to exercise his mandate after two re-elections between March 8, 1808 and March 3, 1813. After his tenure in Congress, Boyd served as an appellate judge between 1813 and 1833. He died in Hackensack on August 15, 1835.

Web links

• Adam Boyd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Adam Boyd in the database of Find a Grave (English)