Ia faaauau pea le suʻesuʻega o lenei palakalafa - Na fanau Charles E. Boyle i Uniontown i Pennsylvania. Na aʻoga o ia i aʻoga masani, ma le Kolisi o Waynesburg i Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Na ia aʻoaʻoina le tulafono, na talia o ia i le lōia ia Tesema 1861 ma galue ai. Na filifilia o ia e avea ma loia mo le itumalo o Fayette, i Pennsylvania, i le 1862. Na avea o ia ma sui o le Pennsylvania State House of Representatives i le 1865 ma le 1866. Sa avea o ia ma peresitene o le Democratic State convention i le 1867 ma le 1871, ma o se sui o le Democratic National Convention i le 1876 ma le 1880
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