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{{short description|American politician (1838–1888)}}
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'''Charles Edmund Boyle''' (February 4, 1836 – December 15, 1888) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="BioGuide">{{cite web |title=BOYLE, Charles Edmund |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000728 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>
 
Boyle was bornBorn in [[Uniontown, Pennsylvania|Uniontown]], [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania]] on February 4, 1836.,<ref name="archives.house.state.pa.us">{{cite web|url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=7647 |title=Charles Edmund Boyle Biography |work=[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] House Archives |access-date=November 8, 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603083333/https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=7647}}</ref> Educatedhe was educated at a [[common school]],<ref name="BioGuide"/> heand graduated from [[Waynesburg College]] in [[Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="archives.house.state.pa.us" /> HeAfter studiedstudying law, he was [[admitted to the bar]] in December 1861 and practicedbecame a practicing lawyer.<ref name="BioGuide"/> He was elected [[district attorney]] for Fayette County in 1862 and served in the role until 1865.<ref name="archives.house.state.pa.us" /> He served as a member of the [[Pennsylvania State House of Representatives]] in 1865 and 1866.<ref name="BioGuide"/> He was president of the Democratic State convention in 1867 and 1871, and a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[1876 Democratic National Convention|1876]] and [[1880 Democratic National Convention|1880]].<ref name="BioGuide"/>
 
Boyle was a member of the [[Pennsylvania State House of Representatives]] in 1866 and 1867.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/search-results?search&body=H&sess=1866 |title=1866 Session |work=[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] House Archives |access-date=November 9, 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328050910/https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/search-results?search&body=H&sess=1866}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/search-results?search&body=H&sess=1867 |title=1867 Session |work=[[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] House Archives |access-date=November 9, 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324184454/https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/search-results?search&body=H&sess=1867}}</ref> He was president of the Democratic State convention from 1867 to 1874 and was elected three times as a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]] (1876, 1880, 1888).<ref name="archives.house.state.pa.us" /> He was elected as a Democrat to the [[48th United States Congress|48th]] and [[49th United States Congress|49th]] U.S. Congresses (1883–1887)<ref name="BioGuide"/><ref name="archives.house.state.pa.us" /> but was not eligible for renomination in 1886.<ref name="BioGuide"/>
Boyle was elected as a Democrat to the [[48th United States Congress|Forty-eighth]] and [[49th United States Congress|Forty-ninth]] Congresses.<ref name="BioGuide"/> He was not a eligible for renomination in 1886.<ref name="BioGuide"/> He was appointed judge of the [[Territory of Washington]] in September 1888 and served until his death in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], in 1888.<ref name="BioGuide"/> He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.<ref name="BioGuide"/>
 
In September 1888, Boyle was appointed [[Chief Justice]] of [[Washington Territory]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-courier-charles-edmund-boyle/91460755/ |title=Chief Justice Boyle |date=September 7, 1888 |newspaper=The Weekly Courier |location=Connellsville, PA |page=4 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109123151/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-courier-charles-edmund-boyle/91460755/ |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> he died three months later in [[Seattle, Washington]].<ref name="BioGuide"/> He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.<ref name="BioGuide"/><ref name="archives.house.state.pa.us" />
 
==References==
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[[Category:Waynesburg University alumni]]
[[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:19th-century American legislators]]
[[Category:19th-century American lawyers]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives]]