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New page: ‘’’Linn Boyd’’’, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Nashville, Tenn., November 22, 1800; pursued preparatory studies; moved with his parents to New Design, Trigg Count...
‘’’Linn Boyd’’’, 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 [[agriculture|agricultural]] pursuits in Calloway County; member of the State house of representatives 1827-1832; returned to Trigg County in 1834; elected as a [[Jacksonian Party|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.
==References==
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
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[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Speakers of the House(US)]]
==References==
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
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[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Speakers of the House(US)]]