NATHANIEL BOYDEN
Boyden, Nathaniel (1796-1873), a Representative from
North Carolina; born in Conway, Mass., August 16, 1796; attended the common schools; served in the War of 1812; was
graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1821; moved to Stokes County, N.C., in 1822; taught school for
several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State house of commons in 1838 and
1840; moved to Salisbury, N.C., in 1842 and continued the practice of law; served in the State senate in 1844;
elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for renomination in
1848; resumed the practice of law; member of the State constitutional convention of 1865; upon the readmission of
North Carolina to representation was elected as a Conservative to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 13,
1868, to March 3, 1869; unsuccessfully contested the election of Francis E. Shober to the Forty-first Congress;
resumed the practice of law until elected associate justice of the supreme court of North Carolina in 1872 and
served until his death in Salisbury, N.C., November 20, 1873; interment in the Lutheran Cemetery.
Father: John Boyden
Mother: Eunice Hayden
Spouse 1: Jane C Henderson 1815–
Marriage: Dec 2, 1845
Sources:
United States Federal Census The Political Graveyard
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