William H. Perry (South Carolina politician)

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William H. Perry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891
Preceded byJohn Bratton
Succeeded byGeorge W. Shell
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Greenville County
In office
November 23, 1880 – November 25, 1884
Preceded byStephen Stanley Crittenden
Succeeded byWilliam Lawrence Mauldin
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Greenville County
In office
November 27, 1865 – December 21, 1866
Personal details
BornJune 9, 1839
Greenville, South Carolina
DiedJuly 7, 1902(1902-07-07) (aged 63)
Greenville, South Carolina
Resting placeChrist Church (Greenville, South Carolina)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLouise Bankhead
Alma materFurman University
South Carolina College
Harvard University
ProfessionAttorney
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Rank First Lieutenant
UnitConfederate cavalry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

William Hayne Perry (June 9, 1839 – July 7, 1902) 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 (now the University of South Carolina) 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

solicitor of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina from 1868 to 1872 and served in the South Carolina Senate
from 1880 to 1884.

Perry was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died at his home, "San Souci," near Greenville, in 1902 and was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina.

Family

He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Perry (November 20, 1805 – December 3, 1886) and Elizabeth Frances McCall. In 1888, he married Louise Bankhead, daughter of Congressman and later U.S. Senator John H. Bankhead.[1]

References

  1. ISBN 9780872494794
    – via Google Books.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 4th congressional district
1885 – 1891 		Succeeded by


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