# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linn-boyd
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:53:39.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linn-boyd"
name: "Linn Boyd"
slug: "linn-boyd"
description: "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. 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. Boyd County, Kentucky is named in his honor."
tagline: "American politician (1800-1859)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LinnBoyd.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1800-11-22"
deathDate: "1859-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.617604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "لين بويد (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "لين بويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لین بوید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Boyd"
    title: "Linn Boyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Boyd"
    title: "Linn Boyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Boyd"
    title: "Linn Boyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93"
    title: "לין בויד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Boyd"
    title: "Linn Boyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Boyd"
    title: "Linn Boyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E6%81%A9%C2%B7%E5%8D%9A%E4%BC%8A%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "林恩·博伊德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1826895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump