Allen Boyd
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's2nd district
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Pete Peterson
Succeeded by	Steve Southerland
Member of theFlorida House of Representatives from the10th district
In office November 3, 1992 – November 5, 1996
Preceded by	Hurley W. Rudd
Succeeded by	Janegale Boyd
Member of theFlorida House of Representatives from the11th district
In office January 17, 1989 – November 3, 1992
Preceded by	Gene Hodges
Succeeded by	Randy Mackey
Personal details
Born	Frederick Allen Boyd Jr. (1945-06-06)June 6, 1945 (age 80) Valdosta, Georgia, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Cissy Roush ​ (divorced)​ Jeannie Schmoe
Children	3
Education	Florida State University (BS)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Unit	Infantry Branch
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Frederick Allen Boyd Jr. (born June 6, 1945) is an American farmer, lobbyist and politician and the formerUnited States Representative forFlorida's 2nd congressional district from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of theDemocratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First Century Group.^[1][2]

Boyd was born inValdosta, Georgia to Margaret Elizabeth Finlayson and Frederick Allen Boyd.^[3] He was educated atFlorida State University, where he was a member ofSigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

After graduating in 1969, Boyd served as an infantry officer inVietnam with theUnited States Army.^[4]

Boyd first got elected after he won a special election in the 10th district after his predecessorGene Hodges resigned on November 22, 1988.^[5] He served the district from the January 17, 1989 to November 3, 1992 and the 11th district from November 3, 1992 to November 5, 1996.^[6][7][8][9] He retired from the House, to run for Congress. He was succeeded in the State House byJanegale Boyd, his sister-in-law.

• Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on Defense
  • Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
• Committee on the Budget

Boyd is a member of theBlue Dog Coalition.

• On September 25, 2001, Boyd voted for HR 2586, an amendment to set up a task force on counter-terrorism and drug interdiction and allow military personnel to help patrol U.S. borders.^[10]
• On June 10, 2008, he voted for the Mérida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act, providing funding for Mexico to spend on drug prohibition related contracts. Opponents at the time complained this would increase the availability of military trained hit men to the drug cartels.^[11]

• On October 10, 2002, Allen Boyd was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing theinvasion of Iraq.

• On October 3, 2008, Boyd voted for theEmergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.^[12] He later voted against theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.^[13]
• On December 11, 2009, Boyd voted for theWall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009^[14]

• In November 2009, Boyd voted along with 39 other Democrats against theAffordable Health Care for America Act.^[15]
• On March 19, 2010, Boyd announced his support for the Health Care Reform Bill under consideration in the House and Senate.^[16]

• In April 2010, theDeepwater Horizon oil spill resulted from an explosion on a drilling platform, killing 11 workers and leaking millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. On May 5, 2010, Boyd introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would raise the liability cap on economic damages in oil spills from $75 million to $10 billion. The legislation would alter the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which was passed after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and requires companies to pay for all cleanup costs of spills but only up to $75 million in economic damages.^[17]
• On June 14, Boyd held the Joint Oil Spill-Hurricane Planning conference at Florida State University's, Panama City campus to examine the potential threat of a Gulf of Mexico hurricane colliding with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Federal and state emergency response agencies, representatives from the Coast Guard, Air Force and Navy, and members of the local tourism industry all participated in the day-long event.^[18]
• On June 11, Boyd sent a letter to the President of the United States, asking him to create a Gulf seafood safety task force to counter growing public perception that all seafood harvested in the Gulf of Mexico is contaminated by oil.^[19]

Boyd entered the 1996 Democratic primary for the 2nd in 1996, after three-term Democratic incumbentPete Peterson announced his retirement. He led a three-way Democratic primary with 48 percent of the vote, a few thousand votes short of outright victory. He then won the runoff with 64 percent of the vote and easily won the election in November. He was reelected with no major-party opposition in 1998 and defeated an underfunded Republican in 2000.

In 2002, however, the Republican-controlled state legislature significantly altered Boyd's district. Part of heavily DemocraticTallahassee, which has anchored the district since its formation in 1963 (as the 9th District; it was renumbered the 2nd in 1967) was shifted to theJacksonville-based 3rd District. In its place, heavily RepublicanPanama City was shifted from thePensacola-based 1st District to the 2nd. On paper, this made the district considerably friendlier to Republicans;Al Gore narrowly won the old 2nd in 2000, butGeorge W. Bush would have narrowly won the district under its current boundaries. However, Boyd was handily reelected with 66 percent of the vote in 2002 against another underfunded Republican. In 2004, Boyd faced his first serious test in the form of state representativeBev Kilmer, but Boyd turned back this challenge fairly easily, taking 62 percent of the vote even asGeorge W. Bush carried the district with 54 percent of the vote. Boyd was unopposed for reelection in 2006 and defeated a nominal Republican challenger in 2008.

In 2010, Boyd fended off a spirited challenge in the primary from a more liberal Democrat, State SenatorAl Lawson, with whom he'd served in the state house. In the general election, Boyd was defeated by Republican nomineeSteve Southerland in the 2010 election, taking only 41 percent of the vote. Independent candidates Paul C. McKain and Dianne Berryhill were also on the ballot; Ray Netherwood qualified as a write-in candidate.^[20]

Boyd is a fifth-generation farmer fromMonticello, Florida and is the majority owner of Boyd Family Farms Inc. Boyd has received almost $1.3 million in federal farm subsidies since 1996, placing him in the top 3 percent of farmers receiving subsidies nationally, and 12th among more than 5,300 farms in his district that received subsidy money over this period.^[21]

Boyd is married to Jeannie Schmoe and has 3 grown children (2 sons and 1 daughter) from his previous marriage to Cissy Roush. His son John was imprisoned in 2008 for transporting illegal narcotics and illegal aliens into the United States from Mexico.^[22][23][24]

• Biography at theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Financial information (federal office) at theFederal Election Commission
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