John Boyle (October 28, 1774 – February 28, 1834) was an American politician and judge who was a U.S. representative from Kentucky from 1803 to 1809. He was chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (now the Kentucky Supreme Court) from 1810 to 1826, and finally a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky from 1826 to 1834.
John Boyle
Born 1774 in Botetourt County, VA
Died 1834 in near Danville, KY
FJC ID: 230
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Kentucky Court of AppealsJudge · 1809–1826
- ↳chief judge · 1810–1826
- U.S. representative from Kentucky1803–1809
- Private practice, Lancaster, Kentucky1797–1802
- KentuckyState representative · 1800
- Kentucky Court of Quarter SessionsDeputy counselor at law · 1797
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky1827–1834 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1797