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Boyle, John

lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Oct. 28, 1774, in Botetourt county, Va. He was a judge of the supreme court of Kentucky, also chief justice of the state; and was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1803 to 1809, when he was appointed governor of Illinois territory. He was a distinguished and successful lawyer and able judge. During the eight years immediately preceding his death he was judge of the United States district court for Kentucky. He died Jan. 28, 1834, in Kentucky.

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