Augusto Samuel Boyd Briceño (1 August 1879 – 17 June 1957[1]) was a politician from Panama.

He was elected as the first presidential designate by the National Assembly for the terms 1936–1938 and 1938–1940.

[2] In that capacity he became President of Panama when Juan Demóstenes Arosemena died in December 1939.

[citation needed] During his government, the Transisthmian Highway, a highway that crossed the Isthmus of Panama and linked Panama City with Colón, was inaugurated.

This road was known as the "Boyd-Roosevelt Highway" in honor of the Presidents of Panama and the United States.