He was a businessman who became an active member of the Patriotic Revolutionary Junta that struggled to get Panama's independence from Colombia.

He served in several positions: member of the Panama City Town Hall (1888); member of the Provisional Government Junta (1903); National Assembly senator (1910); head of state of Panama (1910); foreign relations minister (1911–1912); ambassador and minister in Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium; and General Consul and business representative in Honduras and El Salvador.

[1] Boyd's talent as a public speaker brought him to represent Panama's interests before the Colombian Government.

He presented a petition to obtain a delay in the negotiations with the French Government to build Panama Canal.

Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor; ISBN 1-56328-155-4 / OCLC 42970390 (1999) • Mellander, Gustavo A., The United States in Panamanian Politics: The Intriguing Formative Years."