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For the United States judge, see James Edmund Boyd.

James E. Boyd (1834–1906) was an Irish-born American politician. He was the Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska from 1881 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1887, and the governor of the state of Nebraska in 1891 and from 1892 – 1893. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and the first Democrat elected as Nebraska's governor.

Boyd County, Nebraska is named after him. He married Anna Henry on August 22, 1858.^[1]

Between 1885 and 1890 his portrait was painted in Omaha by artist Herbert A. Collins.^[2] James E. Boyd died in Omaha, Nebraska on April 30, 1906.

Political offices
Preceded by Champion S. Chase	Mayor of Omaha 1881 – 1883	Succeeded by Champion S. Chase
Preceded by Patrick F. Murphy	Mayor of Omaha 1885 – 1887	Succeeded by William J. Broatch
Preceded by John Milton Thayer	Governor of Nebraska 1891	Succeeded by John Milton Thayer
Preceded by John Milton Thayer	Governor of Nebraska 1892 – 1893	Succeeded by Lorenzo Crounse

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^ Gov. James E. Boyd papers at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2009-07-06.
^ Biography of Herbert Alexander Collins, by Alfred W. Collins, February 1975, 4 pages typed, in the possession of Collins' great-great grand-daughter, D. Dahl of Tacoma, WA

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[0] Gov. James E. Boyd papers at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2009-07-06.

[AWCbio-1] Biography of Herbert Alexander Collins, by Alfred W. Collins, February 1975, 4 pages typed, in the possession of Collins' great-great grand-daughter, D. Dahl of Tacoma, WA

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