William H. Perry

William Hayne Perry ( born June 9, 1839 in Greenville, South Carolina, † July 7, 1902 ) was an American politician. Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Perry first visited the Greenville Academy, and then to 1857, the Furman University in Greenville. He then studied at the South Carolina College, which later became the University of South Carolina. Until 1859 he also completed a year at Harvard University. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1861 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Greenville. During the Civil War he served as a lieutenant in the cavalry of the Army of the Confederate States.

After the war, Perry worked as a lawyer again. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1865 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of South Carolina. Between 1865 and 1866 he was also a member of the House of Representatives of South Carolina. Between 1868 and 1872 Perry was a prosecutor in the eighth judicial district of his state, from 1880 to 1884 he sat in the Senate of South Carolina.

In 1884 he was in the fourth constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1885 the successor of John Bratton. After two re- election he was able to complete in 1891 three contiguous legislatures in Congress until March 3. In 1890, Perry opted not to run again. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on July 7, 1902 at his estate " Sans Souci " in Greenville.