CS Con Boyce, William Waters - C.S. Congressman, SC

William Waters Boyce
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Born: October 24, 1818

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina

Father: Robert Boyce 1778 – 1838
(Buried: First Baptist Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina)​
Mother: Lydia Waters 1790 – 1830
(Buried: Huguenot Cemetery, Saint Augustine, Florida)​

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Pearson 1820 – 1908
(Buried: Saint Johns Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina)​

Children:

Frances Ann Boyce Gaillard 1842 – 1913​
(Buried: Saint Johns Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina)​
James Alston Boyce 1844 – 1845​
(Buried: Monticello Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina)​
Mary Pearson Boyce DuBose 1845 – 1867​
(Buried: Saint Johns Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


Attended South Carolina College​
Attended University of Virginia​

Occupation before War:

1839 – 1853: Attorney in Winnsboro South Carolina​
1846 – 1847: South Carolina State Representative​
1853 – 1860: United States Congressman from South Carolina​
1853 – 1855: Member of House Claims Committee​
1855 – 1857: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1857 – 1859: Chairman of House Elections Committee​
1859 – 1860: Member of House Elections Committee​
1860: Withdrew from United States Congress on December 21st​
1860: Owner of property valued at nearly sixty thousand dollars.​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: South Carolina Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from South Carolina​
1862 – 1864: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1863 – 1864: Member of House Ways and Means Committee​
1863 – 1864: Chairman of House Currency Committee​
1864 – 1865: Chairman of House Naval Affairs Committee​
Supporter of Strong Central Economic Program​
His primary reservation in military matters was his desire to keep large numbers of men in local defense duty.​
His demand for "Audacity! Audacity! Audacity!" was dampened by his conviction that President Davis was both incompetent and "puffed up with his own conceit"​
He wished for Congress to preempt control over foreign policy.​
He allowed Davis few discretionary powers in military matters.​
Boyce opposed the suspension of habeas corpus primarily because it placed arbitrary power in the wrong hands.​
Boyce secured a constitutional prohibition against reelection of a President.​
He later proposed the office of general – in – chief and a committee on the conduct of the war.​
1864: Published a dramatic open letter urging the President to call a convention of all the states of the old Union to discuss peace when this failed, he remained prominent in peace circles until the end of war.​
1865: His wealth was wiped out at the end of the war​

Occupation after War:

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Attorney in Washington D.C.​

Died: February 3, 1890

Place of Death: His country home in Ashland, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Saint Johns Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina
 
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