Boyd Winchester

Boyd Winchester

Boyd Winchester (born September 23, 1836 in Ascension Parish , Louisiana , †  May 18, 1923 in Louisville , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1869 and 1873 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, Boyd Winchester attended Center College in Danville and then the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Louisville and his license to practice law in 1857, he began to work in Louisville in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Kentucky Senate in 1867 and 1868 .

In the congressional election of 1868 Winchester was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Asa Grover on March 4, 1869 . After re-election in 1870, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1873 . During this time, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

In 1872 Winchester declined to run again. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1875 and 1877 he was president of an insurance company. In 1884 he chaired the Kentucky regional Democratic Party conference. Between 1885 and 1889, Boyd Winchester was Minister Resident and Consul General in Switzerland . After that he did not hold any further political offices. He died on May 18, 1923 in Louisville and was buried there.

Web links

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

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