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Boyd, Linn, 1800-1859

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Personal name headingBoyd, Linn, 1800-1859
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Variant(s)Boyd, Lynn, 1800-1859
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedCalloway County (Ky.) Paducah (Ky.)
Birth date1800-11-22
Death date1859-12-17
Place of birthNashville (Tenn.)
Place of deathPaducah (Ky.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. House
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Found inTo our constituents, 1849: p. 8 (Linn Boyd)
Biog. direct. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Boyd, Linn; rep. from Kentucky; b. 11/22/1800; d. 12/17/1859)
MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Boyd, Linn, 1800-1859; usage: Linn Boyd; Lynn Boyd)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 108 (born in Nashville, Tennessee; moved to a farm in Calloway County in 1826; U. S. Democratic Congressman from March 4, 1835 to March 4, 1837 and from March 4, 1839 to March 3, 1855; served as Speaker of the House from 1851 to 1855; elected lieutenant-governor in 1859 but did not live to serve in that role. Died in Paducah, Ky.)
Associated languageeng