Background
Boyd, James Edmund was born on February 14, 1845 in Alamance Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of A. H. and Margaret Boyd.
Boyd, James Edmund was born on February 14, 1845 in Alamance Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of A. H. and Margaret Boyd.
Educated Graham Academy and Davidson College, North Carolina. Served as private 13th North Carolina Infantry and 1st North Carolina Cavalry, C.S.A. Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1868.
He served in the Civil War as a private in the Confederate States Army (13th North Carolina Infantry and First North Carolina Cavalry). He was in private practice of law in North Carolina from 1868 to 1880. He was the United States. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina from 1880 to 1885.
He was again in private practice of law in North Carolina from 1885 to 1897.
He was an Assistant United States. Attorney General from 1897 to 1900. Boyd was a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Boyd received a recess appointment from William McKinley on July 11, 1900, to a seat vacated by Hamilton G. Ewart. Nominated on December 15, 1900, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1901, and received his commission the same day.
Boyd served until his death on August 21, 1935, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
He was a Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 and was a Delegate to the North Carolina State Constitutional Convention in 1875.
Married Sallie Holt, September 12, 1868.