| William Waters Boyce | |
| Term Start: | February 18, 1862 |
| Term End: | March 18, 1865 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Position abolished |
| Term Start2: | February 8, 1861 |
| Term End2: | February 17, 1862 |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | Position abolished |
| District3: | 6th |
| Term Start3: | March 4, 1853 |
| Term End3: | December 21, 1860 |
| Successor3: | Position abolished George Dargan (1883) |
| Term Start4: | 1846 |
| Term End4: | 1847 |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1818 |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
William Waters Boyce (October 24, 1818 - February 3, 1890) was a slave owner,[1] attorney, South Carolina state politician, and a U.S. Congressman. He was also a prominent Confederate States of America politician during the American Civil War.
Boyce was born in Charleston, South Carolina and attended South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) and the University of Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1839.
Boyce served in the state House of Representatives from 1846 - 47. He represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 - 60.
He was a representative from South Carolina in the Provisional Confederate Congress, the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress from 1861 - 65. From his position on the C.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, he was known as partisan of "the coalition against Jeff Davis."[2] He resumed his law practice after the war.