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Charles Herbert Joyce (January 30, 1830 - November 22, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont. ==Biography== Joyce was born near Andover, England to Charles Joyce and Martha E. Grist Joyce.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Joyce, Charles Herbert (1830-1916) )〕 At the age of six, in 1836, he immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Waitsfield, Vermont. He attended Waitsfield Academy and Northfield Academy before entering Newbury Seminary. He was a page in the Vermont House of Representatives for three sessions. While studying law, Joyce taught school to support himself. He was admitted to the bar in 1852. He began the practice of law in Northfield, Vermont in 1855.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Biography of Charles Herbert Joyce )〕 Joyce spent one year as assistant state librarian, then two years as the state librarian. He served as the district attorney for Washington County in 1857 and 1858. When the American Civil War broke out, he served in the Union Army as major and lieutenant colonel of the Second Vermont Volunteers. After the war he resumed his legal practice in Rutland, Vermont and entered politics, serving as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1869 until 1871.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Charles Herbert Joyce )〕 He was the speaker in 1870 and 1871. Joyce was elected as a Republican candidate to the Forty-fourth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1875 until March 3, 1883.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Rep. Charles Joyce )〕 He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882. After leaving office he again resumed his legal practice in Rutland, Vermont.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JOYCE, Charles Herbert, (1830 - 1916) )〕 He retired from his legal practice in 1895. Joyce resided in Pittsfield, Vermont until his death on November 22, 1916. He is interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Rutland, Vermont.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Charles Herbert Joyce )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Herbert Joyce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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