William H. Perry
U.S. Congressperson
1839 – 1902
Who was William H. Perry?
William Hayne Perry was a United States Representative from South Carolina. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, where he attended Greenville Academy, and graduated from Furman University at Greenville in 1857. He also attended South Carolina College at Columbia, South Carolina and graduated from Harvard University in 1859. Later, he studied law in Greenville and was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in Greenville.
Perry served as a private and subsequently as lieutenant in the Confederate Cavalry during the American Civil War. He resumed the practice of law in Greenville in 1865. He served as a member of the State constitutional convention in 1865 and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866. He was the solicitor of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina 1868-1872 and served in the South Carolina Senate 1880-1884.
Perry was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1839
Greenville - Also known as
- William Perry
- Parents
- Profession
- Education
- Furman University
- Harvard University
- University of South Carolina
- Lived in
- South Carolina
- Died
- Jul 7, 1902
Greenville
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on July 23, 2013
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