John Boyle (politician)

John Boyle (born October 28, 1774 in Castlewood , Botetourt County , Colony of Virginia , †  February 28, 1835 in Danville , Kentucky ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1803 and 1809 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives ; he then became a federal judge in the federal district court for the district of Kentucky.

Career

As early as 1779, John Boyle and his father came to what would later become the state of Kentucky. The family settled in Whitley's station . There he received a private school education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1797, he began to work in Lancaster in this profession.

Politically, Boyle became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In 1800 he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. In the congressional election of 1802 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John Fowler , who moved to the newly created fifth district, on March 4, 1803 . After two re-elections, Boyle was able to complete three terms in Congress by March 3, 1809 . During this time he took part in the impeachment proceedings against federal judge Samuel Chase . During his tenure as an MP in 1803, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson significantly expanded United States territory. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified. From 1805, Boyle was chairman of the public property committee.

In 1809 he was named governor of the Illinois Territory by President James Madison ; Boyle turned down this post. Between 1809 and 1810 he was a judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals ; from 1810 to 1826 he chaired it as Chief Justice . He resigned from this office on November 9, 1826 to follow a nomination to judge the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky . He held this post as the successor to Robert Trimble until his death in 1835. In Kentucky, Boyle County was named after him.

Web links

• John Boyle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• John Boyle in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

• John Boyle in the database of Find a Grave (English)