William Waters Boyce (October 24, 1818 – February 3, 1890) was a slave owner, 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. Early life and education 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. Career 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." He resumed his law practice after the war. References 1818 births 1890 deaths 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States Lawyers from Charleston, South Carolina Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from South Carolina Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina Signers of the Confederate States Constitution Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States People of South Carolina in the American Civil War University of South Carolina alumni 19th-century American lawyers