{{Short description|American politician (1764–1857)}} {{other people}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexander Boyd | image = | state = New York | district = 13th | term_start = March 4, 1813 | term_end = March 3, 1815 | preceded = Uri Tracy | succeeded = John B. Yates | birth_date = {{birth date text|September 14, 1764}} | death_date = {{death date and age|April 8, 1857|September 14, 1764}} | birth_place = Albany, Province of New York, British America | death_place = Esperance, New York, U.S. | spouse = Elizabeth Becker Boyd | children = {{ubl | Delia Boyd | John Boyd | Helen Boyd | David Boyd | Ann Boyd | Albert Barthalomew Boyd | Peter Boyd | James Boyd | Margaret Boyd | William Boyd | Nancy Boyd | Alexander Boyd | Hugh Boyd }} | profession = {{ubl | farmer | politician }} | party = Federalist | alma_mater = }} '''Alexander Boyd''' (September 14, 1764 – April 8, 1857) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.

==Biography== Boyd was born in Albany in the Province of New York. He married Elizabeth Becker and they had thirteen children, Delia, John, Helen, David, Ann, Albert Barthalomew, Peter, James, Margaret, William, Nancy, Alexander, and Hugh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexander Boyd|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Honerable_Alexander_Boyd_records.ashx?pid=4965880|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 16, 2013}}</ref>

==Career== Boyd moved to Middleburgh, New York and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress, Boyd was United States Representative for the thirteenth district of New York from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815.

==Death== Boyd died in Esperance, New York, on April 8, 1857. He is interred at Schoharie Cemetery, Schoharie, New York.

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==External links== {{CongBio|B000715}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html The Political Graveyard] *[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/alexander_boyd/401676 Govtrack US Congress]

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