Linn Boyd

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Linn Boyd

Linn Boyd (born November 22, 1800 in Nashville , Tennessee , † December 17, 1859 in Paducah , Kentucky ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ), who served from 1851 to 1855 as speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States .

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Linn Boyd was born in 1800 in Nashville to Abraham and Elizabeth Linn. At the age of 19, Boyd was already a United States Commissioner and signed a treaty on behalf of President Andrew Jackson that brought the land near the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers over the Chickasaw Indians . In 1826 he moved to the so-called "Jackson Purchase" in the newly created Calloway County and founded a farm there. He was very popular among his fellow citizens and he became a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1827 . Even after moving to Trigg County in 1831, he was re-elected to the state parliament.

After losing the race for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1833 , his second attempt was more successful, and his first term in Congress was from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837. A landslide victory by a Whig required a stay for one legislative period. But as early as 1839 Boyd returned to Washington and represented his state from the 26th to the 33rd Congress, of which he was speaker from December 1, 1851 to March 3, 1855. In 1848 he rejected the candidacy for the post of governor of Kentucky after the election by his party . During his tenure, he played an important role in the annexation of Texas and the passage of the 1850 Compromise . In 1852 he moved to Paducah, McCracken County . The delegates at the Democratic National Convention of 1856 voted against Boyd as possible Vice President of the United States and in favor of John C. Breckinridge . In 1859 Linn Boyd was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky; however, he died on December 17th of the same year before he could be sworn in.

Boyd was married twice. His first wife Alice C. Bennett died and his second marriage to Anna Rhey Dixon gave birth to their son Rhey Boyd.

According to him, Boyd County named in Kentucky.

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SURNAME Boyd, Linn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Nashville , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1859
Place of death Paducah , Kentucky