Charles Edmund Boyle (February 4, 1836 – December 15, 1888) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Charles Edmund Boyle
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Morgan R. Wise |
| Succeeded by | Welty McCullogh |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1865-1866 | |
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| Born | (1836-02-04)February 4, 1836 Uniontown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 15, 1888(1888-12-15) (aged 52) |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Charles E. Boyle was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and Waynesburg CollegeinWaynesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in December 1861 and practiced. He was elected district attorney for Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1862. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866. He was president of the Democratic State convention in 1867 and 1871, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventionin1876 and 1880.
Boyle was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886. He was appointed judge of the Territory of Washington in September 1888 and served until his death in Seattle, Washington, in 1888. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district 1883 - 1887 |
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