Biographical Directory
of the American Congress, 1774-1949
page 876
BOYD, JOHN HUGGINS, a Representative
from New York; born in Salem, N.Y.,
July 31, 1799;attended the
common schools, and was graduated from
Washington Academy, Salem,
N.Y., in 1818;studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1823 and commenced
practice in Salem, N.Y., but shortly
afterward moved to Whitehall,
N.Y.; elected justice of the peace in 1828
and served for many years;member
of the State assembly in 1840;
supervisor of Whitehall in
1845, 1848, and 1849; elected as
a Whig to the Thirty-second
Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853);
special surrogate of Washington
County 1857-1859; elected president of
the village; resumed the practice
of law; died in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.,on July 2,1868;interment
in Evergreen Cemetery,Salem,N.Y.
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BOYD, ALEXANDER, a Representative
from New York; born in Albany, N.Y.,
September 14, 1764;moved to
Middleburg, Schoharie County, N.Y., and
engaged in agricultural pursuits;
elected as a Whig to the Thirteenth
Congress (March 4, 1813-March
3, 1815); died in the town of Esperence,
Schoharie County, N.Y., April
8, 1857; interment in Schoharie Cemetery,
Schoharie, N.Y.
Source:
Biographical Directory of
the American Congress, 1774-1949: The
Continental Congress September
5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The
Congress of the United States
From the First to the Eightieth Congress
March 4, 1789 to January 3,
1949, Inclusive, Washington, DC:United
States Government Printing
Office, 1950.