Charles Boineau

Charles Evans Boineau Jr. (September 27, 1923 – June 1, 2005) was an American politician and the first Republican elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in the twenty-first century.

Biography
Charles Evans Boineau Jr. was born on September 27, 1923, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was raised in Camden, South Carolina. He attended The Citadel from 1941 to 1943. During World War II as an naval aviator in the United States Navy in the Pacific theater.

After the war, he returned to Richland County and became involved in local politics. A leader in the Democrats for Nixon in the 1960 election. He joined the Republican Party and became its candidate in a 1961 election to the South Carolina House of Representatives. He ran on a platform of opposition to President Kennedy's New Frontier. He won the election becoming the first Republican member of the House since 1902. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 and for election in 1964. He died June 1, 2005, in Columbia, South Carolina.