William H. Boyce

William Henry Boyce (* November 28, 1855 in Laurel, Delaware, † February 6, 1942 in Dover, Delaware ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1925 he represented the State of Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Boyce visited the primary schools of his home and then the Laurel Academy. Between 1875 and 1880 he taught himself as a teacher in Laurel and then until 1881 in Oxford ( Maryland). From 1881 to 1886 was William Boyce land registry official in Sussex County, Delaware. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he worked 1887-1897 in this occupation in Georgetown. In the years 1883 to 1886 Boyce was also a member of the school board of this city, in which he also acted to 1897 from 1895 as chairman of the City Council. Boyce was from 1887 to 1890 and a captain in the National Guard of Delaware.

Politically, Boyce joined the Democratic Party, which he chaired in Sussex County 1893-1897. In 1896 and 1924 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. Between January and June 1897, he was managing as Secretary of State official of the State Government of Delaware. After that, he was until 1921 a judge at his state Supreme Court.

1922 Boyce was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he broke on March 4, 1923 from Caleb R. Layton of the Republican Party, whom he had beaten in the elections. But since he lost 41% in the elections of 1924, 59% of the vote against Robert G. Houston, he was able to complete only one term in the U.S. Congress until March 3, 1925. After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Boyce worked until 1936 as a lawyer again. Then he withdrew into retirement. The married Emma E. Valliant politician died in February 1942 in Dover, and was also buried there.