Nathaniel Boyden

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Nathaniel Boyden

Nathaniel Boyden (born August 16, 1796 in Conway , Franklin County , Massachusetts , †  November 20, 1873 in Salisbury , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 and again in 1868 and 1869 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathaniel Boyden attended public schools in his home country and, despite his youth, took part in the British-American War of 1812 . He then studied at Union College in Schenectady ( New York ) until 1821 . In 1822 he moved to Stokes County , North Carolina, where he taught for several years. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party .

Boyden was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina in 1838 and 1840 . From 1842 he was based in Salisbury, where he also practiced as a lawyer. In 1844 he was a member of the State Senate . In the congressional elections of 1846 Boyden was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Daniel Moreau Barringer on March 4, 1847 . Since he refused to run again in 1848, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1849 . This was determined by the events of the Mexican-American War .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Boyden returned to work as a lawyer. In 1865 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the North Carolina Constitution. After the Civil War and the re-admission of his state to the Union, Boyden was re-elected to Congress as a Conservative candidate in the sixth district of North Carolina. He exercised this mandate between July 13, 1868 and March 3, 1869. In the regular elections of 1868 he was defeated by the Democrat Francis Edwin Shober . The election result at the time was unsuccessfully challenged by Boyden.

After leaving Congress, he returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1872 he became an associate judge on the North Carolina Supreme Court . He held this office until his death on November 20, 1873 in Salisbury.

Web links

  • Nathaniel Boyden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)