| Charles Edmund Boyle | |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1836 |
| Birth Place: | Uniontown, Pennsylvania |
| State1: | Pennsylvania |
| District1: | 21st |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1883 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1887 |
| Preceded1: | Morgan R. Wise |
| Succeeded1: | Welty McCullogh |
| Office2: | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Term2: | 1865-1866 |
| Party: | Democratic |
Charles Edmund Boyle (February 4, 1836 – December 15, 1888) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1]
Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1836,[2] he was educated at a common school[1] and graduated from Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in December 1861 and became a practicing lawyer.[1] He was elected district attorney for Fayette County in 1862 and served in the role until 1865.
Boyle was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1866 and 1867.[3] [4] He was president of the Democratic State convention from 1867 to 1874 and was elected three times as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention (1876, 1880, 1888). He was elected as a Democrat to the 48th and 49th U.S. Congresses (1883–1887)[1] but was not eligible for renomination in 1886.[1]
In September 1888, Boyle was appointed Chief Justice of Washington Territory;[5] he died three months later in Seattle, Washington.[1] He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.[1]