James Edmund Boyd

Judge James Edmund Boyd

Personal

Birthday:

2/14/1845

Birthplace:

Alamance County, NC

Date of Death:

8/21/1935

Place of Death:

Greensboro, NC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior 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

Education

Name of School:

Davidson College

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1868

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Court Name:

North Carolina Western District Court

President Nominating:

William McKinley

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

1/9/1901

Termination Date:

8/21/1935

Termination Reason:

Death