James Edmund Boyd (February 14, 1845 – August 21, 1935) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
James Edmund Boyd
North Carolina Western District Court
Born 1845 in Alamance County, NC
Died 1935 in Greensboro, NC
FJC ID: 226
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
North Carolina Western District Court · 1901–1935
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant attorney general · 1897–1900- Private practice, North Carolina1868–1880, 1885–1897
- U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina1880–1885
- North CarolinaState representative · 1874–1875
- North Carolina constitutional conventionDelegate · 1875
- Thirteenth North Carolina Infantry and First North Carolina CavalryConfederate Army private
Appointments
1901–1935 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Davidson College
- Read law1868