Ed Boyle
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| image = Ed Boyle.png
| caption = Boyle circa 1910
| office = 2nd Chief Mine Inspector of Oklahoma
| term_start = January 1911
| term_end = January 1927
| governor = Lee Cruce
Robert L. Williams
James B. A. Robertson
Jack C. Walton
Martin E. Trapp
| predecessor = Pete Hanraty
| successor = Miller D. Hay
| office2 = Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
| term_start2 = November 16, 1907
| term_end2 = November 16, 1910
| predecessor2 = Position established
| successor2 = H. H. Edwards
| constituency2 =Haskell County
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1867
| birth_place = Kentucky, US
| death_date =
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| party = Democratic Party
}}Ed Boyle was an American politician who served as the Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspector and in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing Haskell County.
Biography
Ed Boyle was born in 1867 in Kentucky. He moved to Missouri in 1897 and worked there as a miner, participating in a 1898 strike. He worked on the 1899 gubernatorial campaign for William Goebel, before his assassination. After working the campaign, he moved to Texas before settling in Indian Territory in 1901. He was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1907 and reelected without opposition in 1908.{{cite book |last1=Corden |first1=Seth K. |last2=Richards |first2=William B. |title=The Oklahoma Red Book |date=1912 |location=Oklahoma City |pages=122–123 |url=https://archive.org/details/oklahomaredbook00okla/page/122/mode/2up?q=Boyle |access-date=25 February 2024}} He was elected as a member of the Democratic Party as Chief Mine Inspector in the 1910 Oklahoma elections, defeating incumbent Pete Hanraty.{{cite web |title=1907-1912 Results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1907-1912-results.pdf |website=oklahoma.gov |publisher=Oklahoma State Election Board |access-date=23 September 2023}} He served in office from 1911 to 1927. He was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association in 1923, but never practiced. He ran in the 1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election as an independent. He died of a stroke on July 17, 1935.{{cite news |title=Ed Boyle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/657329373/ |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=Harlow's Weekly |date=July 27, 1935 |format=Obituary}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin no change
| title= 1910 Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspector Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ed Boyle
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 51,394
| percentage = 51.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Pete Hanraty (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 47,726
| percentage = 48.2%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 99,120
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1910 Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspector election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ed Boyle
|votes = 117,248
|percentage = 49.8%
|change = -5.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = John H. Hall
|votes = 93,988
|percentage = 39.9%
|change = -1.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = David G. Jackson
|votes = 24,000
|percentage = 10.2%
|change = +6.3%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|total = 235,236
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election{{cite web |title=1922-1926 results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1922-1926-results.pdf |publisher=Oklahoma State Election Board |pages=34, 40, 48}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Henry S. Johnston
|votes = 213,167
|percentage = 55.0
|change = +0.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Omer K. Benedict
|votes = 170,714
|percentage = 44.0
|change = -0.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Farmer–Labor Party
|candidate = John Franing
|votes = 1,646
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = E. H. H. Gates
|votes = 1,350
|percentage = 0.3
|change = -0.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ed Boyle
|votes = 431
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing = +0.6%
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspectors
Category:Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives