Charles Boineau

Charles Evans Boineau Jr. was an American politician and the first Republican elected to the South [Carolina House of Representatives] in the twentieth century.

Biography

Charles Evans Boineau Jr. was born on September 27, 1923, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was raised in Camden, South Carolina. He attended The Citadel from 1941 to 1943. He served during World [War II] as a naval aviator in the United [States Navy] in the Pacific theater.
After the war, he returned to Richland County and became involved in local politics. He was a leader of the Democrats for Nixon in the 1960 [United States presidential election|1960 election]. He joined the Republican Party and became its candidate in a 1961 election to the South Carolina House of Representatives. He ran on a platform of opposition to President John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. He won the election becoming the first Republican member of the House since 1902. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 and for election in 1964. He died on June 1, 2005, in Columbia, South Carolina.