Frank Boyd GARY, Congress, SC (1860-1922)

GARY Frank Boyd , a Senator from South Carolina; born in Cokesbury, Abbeville County, S.C., March 9, 1860; attended the Cokesbury Conference School and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Abbeville, S.C., in 1881; member, State house of representatives 1890-1900, serving as speaker 1895-1900; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1895; member, State house of representatives 1906; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Asbury C. Latimer and served from March 6, 1908, to March 3, 1909; was not a candidate for reelection in 1908; member, State house of representatives 1910; elected judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1912 and served until his death in Charleston, S.C., December 7, 1922; interment in Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present