John H. Boyd

John Huggins Boyd ( born July 31, 1799 in Salem, New York, † July 2, 1868 in Whitehall, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Huggins Boyd grew up in Salem. During this time he attended community schools and graduated in 1818 at Washington Academy in Salem. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1823 and then began practicing in Salem, but moved shortly afterwards to Whitehall. We chose him in 1828 to the Justice of the Peace - a position which he held for many years. In 1840 he sat in the New York State Assembly. He was in the years 1845, 1848 and 1849 Supervisor in Whitehall. Politically he belonged to the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1850 for the 32th Congress, he was in the 14th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George R. Andrews on March 4, 1851. He retired after the March 3, 1853 out of the Congress.

Between 1857 and 1859 he was Guardianship and restructuring judge (special surrogate ) in Washington County. He was elected President of the Village. He went about his work as a lawyer after. On July 2, 1868, he died in Whitehall. His body was interred in the Evergreen Cemetery in Salem.