William Waters Boyce

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William Waters Boyce

William Waters Boyce (born October 24, 1818 in Charleston , South Carolina , † February 3, 1890 in Fairfax County , Virginia ) was an American politician and Congressman for South Carolina.

Career

William Waters Boyce attended South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina ) in Columbia and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . He also studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1839 and then practiced in Winnsboro .

Boyce decided to embark on a political career in 1846 by being elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives , where he served until 1847. He was later elected as a Democrat in the 33rd US Congress, as well as in the three subsequent congresses, where he was active from March 4, 1853 until his resignation on December 21, 1860. There he was chairman of the Committee on Elections (35th Congress). Boyce was a South Carolina Deputy to the Provisional Confederate Congress on January 4, 1861 . He was also elected to the first and second Confederate Congresses, where he worked from 1862 to 1864. After the American Civil War , he moved to Washington, DC in 1866 , where he practiced as a lawyer until he retired a few years before his death. He died on February 3, 1890 on his Ashland estate in Virginia and was buried in Episcopal Cemetery in Winnsboro.

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SURNAME Boyce, William Waters
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Charleston , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1890
Place of death Fairfax County , Virginia