“B” is for Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr. (1923-2005)

“B” is for Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr. (1923-2005). Legislator. Boineau was the first Republican to be elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in the twentieth century. After service in World War II, he returned home to Colombia, engaged in local business affairs and was director of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. In the 1950s he was active in Richland County politics and following his involvement in the South Carolina Democrats for Nixon in 1960, he affiliated with the state's fledgling Republican Party. In 1961, he won a three-way race for Richland County’s delegation to the South Carolina House of Representatives. Boineau won handily with fifty-five percent of the vote. In 1962 he was defeated for reelection. In 1964 Charles Evans Boineau, Jr., was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco that nominated Barry Goldwater for president.