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 twentieth century.

After the war, he returned to Richland County and became involved in local politics. He was a leader of 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 John F. 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 on June 1, 2005, in Columbia, South Carolina.

Electoral history