Frank Boyd Gary | |
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| United States Senator fromSouth Carolina | |
| In office March 6, 1908 – March 4, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | Asbury Latimer |
| Succeeded by | Ellison D. Smith |
| 38thSpeaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 30, 1896 – January 8, 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Ira B. Jones |
| Succeeded by | William Francis Stevenson |
| Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives fromAbbeville County | |
| In office January 10, 1911 – January 17, 1912 | |
| In office January 8, 1907 – March 6, 1908 | |
| In office November 25, 1890 – January 8, 1901 | |
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| Born | (1860-03-09)March 9, 1860 |
| Died | December 7, 1922(1922-12-07) (aged 62) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Frank Boyd Gary (March 9, 1860 – December 7, 1922) was aUnited States senator fromSouth Carolina. Born inCokesbury, South Carolina, he attended the Cokesbury Conference School andUnion College (Schenectady, New York). He studied law, was admitted to thebar and commenced practice inAbbeville, South Carolina in 1881. From 1890 to 1900 he was a member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives, serving as speaker from 1895 to 1900. He was a delegate to theState constitutional convention in 1895 and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1906.
Gary was elected as aDemocrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofAsbury C. Latimer and served from March 6, 1908, to March 4, 1909; he was not a candidate for reelection in 1908, and after his time in the Senate he was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1910. He was elected judge of the eighthjudicial circuit in 1912 and served until his death inCharleston, South Carolina in 1922; interment was in Long Cane Cemetery,Abbeville, South Carolina.
Frank B. Gary was also appointed as special judge in Lexington County in the 1903 trial ofJames H. Tillman (lieutenant governor of South Carolina and nephew of Senator"Pitchfork" Ben Tillman) for the murder ofN.G. Gonzales (founding editor ofThe State, Columbia, SC's newspaper).
It has been alleged that Gary was a "Tillmanite", although there is no strong evidence of his being partisan in the trial. However, the jury was considered highly rigged and partisan considering Tillman shot Gonzales in broad daylight with many eyewitnesses. Tillman was acquitted ostensibly on a self-defense theory, but more likely because the jury believed Tillman was justified. Gonzales had waged a virtual crusade against Tillman in the newspaper, helping ensure his defeat in the 1902 gubernatorial election.
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from South Carolina 1908–1909 Served alongside:Benjamin R. Tillman | Succeeded by |
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