Benjamin Markley Boyer

Benjamin Markley Boyer (January 22, 1823 – August 16, 1887) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1865 to 1869. He served as president judge of the Montgomery County Court from 1882 to 1887.

Early life and education Boyer was born on January 22, 1823, in New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, and was raised and attended elementary school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. In 1836, he entered Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He transferred to Marshall College During the American Civil War, he served as captain of the 41st Pennsylvania militia, a company of volunteers established when Pennsylvania was invaded by confederate troops. He received an A.M. degree from Lafayette College in 1866. In 1864 he was elected a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-Ninth Congress as a Democrat, and was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress. He died on August 16, 1887, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Personal life He married Eleanor Pryor and together they had two children.

Publications Relief of the Famishing Poor of the South and Southwest. Speeches of Hon. Benjamin M. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, Hon. J.A. Bingham, of Ohio, Hon. Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, and Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota. House of Representatives, March 13, 1867, Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1867 Report of the Select Committee on the New Orleans Riots, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867