Education
Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Evins attended the common schools and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1853. He studied law.
Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Evins attended the common schools and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1853. He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He resumed the practice of law in Spartanburg. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876.
Evins was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, until his death in Spartanburg, South Carolina, October 20, 1884.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Forty-eighth Congress). He was interred in Magnolia Street Cemetery.
He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1862 to 1864.
