Corinne Boyd Riley

Corinne Boyd Riley (July 4, 1893 – April 12, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, wife of John Jacob Riley.

Corinne Boyd Riley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 2nd district
In office April 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	John Jacob Riley
Succeeded by	Albert Watson
Personal details
Born	(1893-07-04)July 4, 1893 Piedmont, South Carolina
Died	April 12, 1979(1979-04-12) (aged 85) Sumter, South Carolina
Resting place	Sumter, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	John Jacob Riley
Alma mater	Converse College
Profession	teacher

Born in Piedmont, South Carolina, Riley attended public school. She graduated from Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1915. She was a teacher. Served as field representative of the South Carolina State Text Book Commission from 1938 to 1942. Riley was associated with the Civilian Personnel Office at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina during World War II, from 1942 to 1944.[1]

Riley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative her husband, John Jacob Riley, a World War I veteran,[2] and served from April 10, 1962 to January 3, 1963. Her opponent in the Democratic primary was state legislator Martha Thomas Fitzgerald; it was believed to be the first time in South Carolina history that two women had competed against each other in a congressional election.[3] She was not a candidate for reelection to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962. She retired and died on April 12, 1979, in Sumter, South Carolina.[4] Her remains were cremated; her ashes interred in Sumter Cemetery, South Carolina.