Linn Boyd 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.
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10 Facts About Linn Boyd
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Linn Boyd was elected to the House as a Jacksonian from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again as a Democrat from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House.
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In 1832, Boyd married fellow Trigg County native Alice C Bennett.
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In 1831 Linn Boyd moved back to Trigg County and its voters elected him to represent them in the state House.
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In 1833, Linn Boyd lost his first campaign for the United States House of Representatives.
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Linn Boyd played a key role in maneuvering the annexation of Texas through Congress during the term of President John Tyler in 1845.
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Linn Boyd was important in getting the Compromise of 1850, chiefly credited to Henry Clay, passed through Congress.
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Largely though his prominence in shepherding the compromise to passage, Linn Boyd was elected Speaker of the House in 1851 and held that office until 1855.
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Linn Boyd was mentioned as a candidate for Vice President of the United States at the 1856 Democratic National Convention, but was never officially nominated; the eventual nominee was fellow Kentuckian John C Breckinridge.
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