Boyd Winchester

Boyd Winchester ( born September 23, 1836 Ascension Parish, Louisiana, † May 18, 1923 in Louisville, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1869 and 1873 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After primary school, Boyd Winchester visited the Centre College in Danville and then the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Louisville and his 1857 was admitted to the bar he began in Louisville to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1867 and 1868 he sat in the Senate from Kentucky.

In the congressional elections of 1868 Winchester in the fifth electoral district of Kentucky was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Asa Grover on March 4, 1869. After a re-election in 1870 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1873 two legislative sessions. At this time the 15th Amendment was ratified.

1872 Winchester waived on a bid again. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1875 and 1877 he was president of an insurance company. In 1884, he led the regional Democratic Party in Kentucky. Between 1885 and 1889, Boyd was Winchester Minister Resident and Consul General in Switzerland. After that he held no other political offices more. He died on May 18, 1923 in Louisville, and was also buried there.

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