BOYD, Linn (1800-1859)
Democrat of Kentucky 
1st congressional district
Served in House 1835-1837 , 1839-1855
Biography
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 Kentucky state house of representatives, 1827-1832; returned to Trigg County in 1834; elected as a Jacksonian candidate 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); chair, Committee on Accounts (Thirtieth Congress); chair, Committee on Territories (Thirty-first Congress); Speaker of the House (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.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Notice: By custom, the Speaker of the House rarely votes. Votes for BOYD, Linn may appear to be missing as a result.
