Charles Edmund Boyle

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Charles Edmund Boyle
Photographed between 1873 and 1890
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
Personal details
Born	(1836-02-04)February 4, 1836 Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Died	December 15, 1888(1888-12-15) (aged 52)
Political party	Democratic

Charles Edmund Boyle (February 4, 1836 – December 15, 1888) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.^[1]

Charles E. Boyle was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.^[1] He attended the common schools, and Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.^[1] He studied law, was admitted to the bar in December 1861 and practiced.^[1] He was elected district attorney for Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1862.^[1] He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866.^[1] He was president of the Democratic State convention in 1867 and 1871, and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876 and 1880.^[1]

Boyle was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses.^[1] He was not a eligible for renomination in 1886.^[1] He was appointed judge of the Territory of Washington in September 1888 and served until his death in Seattle, Washington, in 1888.^[1] He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.^[1]

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