William V. Bouic
{{Infobox officeholder
|office1=President of The Farmers Banking and Trust Company
|term_start1=1900
|term_end1=1906
|office2=Member of the Maryland State Senate
|governor2=Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (1898–1900)
John Walter Smith (1900–1901)
|term_start2=1898
|term_end2=1901
|office3=Mayor of Rockville, Maryland
|term_start3=October 28, 1890
|term_end3=June 23, 1891
|predecessor3=Daniel F. Owens
|successor3=Hattersley W. Talbott
|term_start4=1888
|term_end4=1890
|predecessor4=Hattersley W. Talbott (as Commissioner of Rockville)
|successor4=Daniel F. Owens
|office14=Commissioner of Rockville, Maryland
|term_start14=1872
|term_end14=1881
|predecessor14=Matthew Fields
|successor14=N. D. Offutt
|term_start15=1867
|term_end15=1868
|predecessor15=Melchisdec Green
|successor15=John R. Miller
|term_start16=1864
|term_end16=1866
|successor16=Melchisdec Green
|predecessor16=Office established
|birth_date={{Birth date|1846|07|20}}
|birth_place=Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1906|10|12|1846|07|20}}
|death_place=Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
|party=Democratic
|profession=Lawyer
|alma_mater= Columbian College}}
{{short description|American lawyer and politician}}
William Veirs Bouic (July 20, 1846 – October 12, 1906) was an American lawyer and politician, a member of the Maryland State Senate. He was a Democrat and the first mayor of Rockville, Maryland.
Early life and education
Bouic was born near Rockville, Maryland, the only son of William Veirs Bouic, a long-time judge of the Maryland Sixth Judicial Circuit. Bouic studied law with his father, attended Rockville Academy and graduated from Columbian College (now, George Washington University) in 1868 with an A.B. degree and received his A.M. in 1871.
Career
=Legal practice=
Bouic was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1870, generally representing the B & O Railroad locally until 1906, and was in a legal partnership with lawyer Thomas Anderson from 1870 to 1900. Bouic was a charter member and served as vice-president of the Maryland State Bar Association in 1896, and he also held the position of secretary for the Montgomery County Bar Association.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16/History-of-Governing-Bodies?bidId=|title=History of Governing Bodies}} He was also on the Rockville town council for 17 years.
=Federal politics=
Politically, Bouic was a Democrat. He was a presidential elector in the 1892 U.S. presidential election, during which he supported Democrat Grover Cleveland.{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/014700/014785/html/14785bio.html|title=William Viers Bouic, MSA SC 3520-14785|website=msa.maryland.gov}}
=Local politics=
=State politics=
In 1897, Bouic was elected to the Maryland Senate, which he served in as a Democrat until 1901. He served as president of The Farmers Banking and Trust Company from 1900 until his death at Rockville in 1906.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l748AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73|title=Annual Report of the Maryland State Bar Association, vol. 12|publisher=Maryland State Bar Association|year=1907|pages=73–74}}