William H. Brawley

William Huggins Brawley (born May 13, 1841 in Chester , Chester County , South Carolina , † November 15, 1916 in Charleston , South Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1891 and 1894 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives ; he then became a federal judge in the Federal District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Career

William Brawley was a cousin of John J. Hemphill (1849-1912), who also sat for South Carolina in the US House of Representatives between 1883 and 1892. He was also a great-uncle of Robert W. Hemphill (1915-1983), who was a member of Congress between 1957 and 1965 for that state. Brawley attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1860 at South Carolina College , now the University of South Carolina in Columbia .

During the Civil War , Brawley joined the Confederate Army . He lost an arm in the fighting. He then retired from military service. Brawley toured Europe in 1864 and 1865 before returning to his homeland. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1866, he began working in his new profession in Chester. Between 1868 and 1874, Brawley served as a lawyer in the South Carolina Seventh District Court. Then he moved to Charleston, where he also practiced as a lawyer.

Politically, Brawley became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1882 and 1890 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In the congressional election of 1890 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Samuel Dibble on March 4, 1891 . In 1892 he was re-elected. William Brawley ended his second term in Congress prematurely on February 12, 1894, after he had been appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina as the successor to Charles Henry Simonton .

Brawley served as judge between 1894 and 1911. Then he retired, which he spent in Charleston. He died there on November 15, 1916.

Web links

William H. Brawley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
William H. Brawley in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

William H. Brawley in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Remarks

↑ according to other sources William Hiram Brawley

personal data
SURNAME	Brawley, William H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brawley, William Huggins (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 13, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chester , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1916
Place of death	Charleston , South Carolina

[1] rding to other sources William Hiram Brawley