James Edmund Boyd

Biography of James Edmund Boyd

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Boyd
• First Name: James
• Middle Name: Edmund
• Date of Birth: February , 14 , 1845
• Place of Birth (POB): Alamance County , North Carolina (US-NC, NC, 37, N.C., N. Car)
• Date of Death: August , 21 , 1935
• Place of Death (POD): Greensboro , North Carolina (US-NC, NC, 37, N.C., N. Car)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

James Edmund Boyd Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: William McKinley ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/15/1900
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 07/11/1900
• Seat vacated by: Ewart , Hamilton G.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/15/1900
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 01/07/1901
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/09/1901
• Commission Date: 01/09/1901
• Date of Termination: 08/21/1935
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

James Edmund Boyd in the Law School

• Name of School: Davidson College

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1868

James Edmund Boyd Career Path

Employment:

• Confederate Army private, Thirteenth North Carolina Infantry and First North Carolina Cavalry
• Private practice, North Carolina, 1868-1880, 1885-1897
• State representative, North Carolina, 1874-1875
• Delegate, North Carolina constitutional convention, 1875
• U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1880-1885
• Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1897-1900

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