James Edmund Boyd

James Edmund Boyd (born February 14, 1845 in Alamance County , North Carolina , †  August 21, 1935 in Greensboro , North Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician . After his appointment by President William McKinley , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the western district of North Carolina from 1901 until his death in 1935 .

Career

After finishing school, James Boyd occurred during the civil war the army of the Confederacy in and served with the rank of private in the 13th Infantry Regiment from North Carolina and the first cavalry regiment of his home state. After the war he attended Davidson College and practiced as a lawyer after his admission in 1868. Between 1874 and 1875 he was a Republican MP in the North Carolina House of Representatives . In 1875 he took part in the constitutional convention for that state . Between 1880 and 1885 Boyd served as federal attorney for the western district of North Carolina; then he returned to his private practice, which he ran until 1897. Then he became an Assistant Attorney General in the US Department of Justice . From 1896 he was a member of the Republican National Committee .

On July 11, 1900, Boyd was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina by President McKinley . Since the congress was in the break, a recess appointment was used. William McKinley had already taken this route when nominating Hamilton G. Ewart , but the subsequent confirmation by the US Senate was denied twice . In Boyd's case, however, after the formal nomination by the president on December 15 of the same year, the senators gave their approval on January 9, 1901, whereupon Boyd was able to take office immediately. He remained in this federal court until his death on August 21, 1935; a successor was no longer nominated because the seat was no longer available.

Web links

• James Edmund Boyd in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• James Edmund Boyd in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
• James Edmund Boyd at The Political Graveyard