Biography

12/31/1845 - 09/04/1911

Albert Darlington Boyd, Sr. (D40) Fayette and Greene Counties 1899-1902

Early Life:

Albert Darlington Boyd, Sr., born December 31, 1845, Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; son of William and Jane Catherine Burgess Boyd; public school education; teacher, Fayette township schools, Connellsville; attended, Morgantown Academy (West Virginia University); studied law, while teaching, under Judge Alpheus E. Wilson; admitted, Fayette County bar in 1869; lawyer; law practice, Uniontown, Pennsylvania; married, Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Patterson Boyd, children, Alpheus E. Boyd, Samuel P. Boyd, Albert D. Boyd, Jr., Wallace B. Boyd, and Mary E. Boyd; elected, Democrat, district attorney, Fayette County, 1871-1874; retired, private law practice; chairman, Democratic Fayette County Committee, 1875-1898; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1899-1902; died, September 4, 1911 (aged 65) Fayette County, Pennsylvania, interment, Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, district attorney, Fayette County, 1871-1874.

Chairman, Democratic Fayette County Committee, 1875-1898. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 40th district, Fayette and Greene Counties, 1899-1902; committee assignments, Appropriations, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Insurance, Judiciary General, Law and Order, New Counties and County Seats, Public Grounds and Buildings, Railroads and Street Passenger Railways.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1901) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1082, 1187-1190, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1153. 

Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; page 145.

Albert Darlington Boyd (1845-1911) - Find a Grave Memorial