Boyd, Linn. Speech of Mr. Lynn Boyd, of Kentucky, in reply to the Hon. John White. [Washington: N.p., 1844].
BOYD, Linn, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Nashville, Tenn., November 22, 1800; pursued preparatory studies; moved with his parents to New Design, Trigg County, Ky.; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Calloway County; member of the State house of representatives 1827-1832; returned to Trigg County in 1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on Accounts (Thirtieth Congress), Committee on Territories (Thirty-first Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses); moved to Paducah, Ky., in 1852; elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1859, but when the senate convened was too ill to preside over its deliberations; died in Paducah, Ky., December 17, 1859; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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[ Top ]Boyd, Linn. Speech of Mr. Lynn Boyd, of Kentucky, in reply to the Hon. John White. [Washington: N.p., 1844].
------. To the citizens of the First congressional district in the state of Kentucky. [Washington: N.p., 1843].
Hamilton, Holman. "Kentucky's Linn Boyd and the Dramatic Days of 1850." Kentucky Historical Society Register 55 (July 1957): 185-95.
Kentucky. General Assembly. Speeches and proceedings upon the announcement of the death of the Hon. Linn Boyd, in the Senate and House of representatives of Kentucky, Tuesday, December 20, 1859. Frankfort, Ky.: Printed at the Yeoman office, 1860.
Thompson, George Western. Biographical Sketch of Hon. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, The Present Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States. Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852.