Henry Boyce

Henry Boyce (1797 – March 1, 1873) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Education and career Born in 1797 in Derry, Kingdom of Ireland, Boyce read law in 1820. He entered private practice in Bayou Leche, located in the eastern portion of modern day New Orleans, Louisiana, until 1824. He continued private practice in Alexandria, Louisiana from 1824 to 1828. He was a planter in Rapides Parish, Louisiana from 1828 to 1849. He was a Judge of the Louisiana District Court for the Sixth and Seventh Judicial Districts from 1834 to 1839. He was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana in 1849. Federal judicial service