Linn Boyd
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| 20th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
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In office December 1, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
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| President |
Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce |
| Preceded by | Howell Cobb |
| Succeeded by | Nathaniel P. Banks |
| Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Preceded by | John L. Murray |
| Succeeded by | Henry C. Burnett |
| Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
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| Preceded by | Chittenden Lyon |
| Succeeded by | John L. Murray |
| 16th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky | |
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In office 1859 |
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| Governor | Beriah Magoffin |
| Preceded by | James G. Hardy |
| Succeeded by | Richard T. Jacob |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
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In office 1827 1831 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | November 22, 1800 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | December 17, 1859 (aged 59) Paducah, Kentucky |
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Democratic-Republican Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Bennett Anna (Rhey) Dixon |
| Relations | Abraham Boyd (Father) Elizabeth Linn Boyd (Mother) |
| Children | Butler Boyd Linn Boyd Jr. Felix Boyd Rhey Boyd |
| Profession | Politician Farmer |
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Linn Boyd (November 22, 1800 – December 17, 1859) (also spelled "Lynn") was a prominent US politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House. Boyd County, Kentucky is named in his honor.
Boyd was raised and educated in Trigg County, and became a farmer in Calloway County. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives after first winning election in 1827. While Boyd represented Calloway County, his father represented Trigg County. In 1831 Boyd moved to Trigg County and was again elected to the state House.
In 1833, Boyd lost his first campaign for the United States House of Representatives. In 1835 he was elected to the House and served there until 1837, when a Whig landslide resulting from the Panic of 1837 cost him his seat.
Boyd soon returned to the House, serving from 1839 through 1855. He was a strong supporter of President Andrew Jackson. Boyd played a key role in maneuvering the annexation of Texas through Congress during the term of President John Tyler in 1845. Boyd was also important in getting the Compromise of 1850, chiefly credited to Henry Clay, passed through Congress. Largely though his prominence in shepherding the compromise to passage, Boyd was elected Speaker of the House in 1851 and held that office until 1855.
While in the House, he sufficiently impressed his colleague Charles S. Benton that he named his son, the future inventor and businessman Linn Boyd Benton, after him.
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