James S. Boynton

James Stoddard Boynton (May 7, 1833 – December 22, 1902) was an American politician and jurist.

Early life

Boynton was born in Henry County, Georgia on May 7, 1833. He was a lawyer, having passed the bar in 1852.

Political Life

Boynton briefly served as the 51st Governor of Georgia from 1883 after the death of governor Alexander Stephens. At the time of Stephens death, Boynton was serving as the president of the Georgia Senate so he assumed the governorship. His additional political service included the office of Mayor of Griffin, Georgia.

Boynton also served as a judge in the Spalding County, Georgia Court and the Flint Circuit Superior Court.^[1]

Civil War

Boynton fought in the Civil War, serving as a private with the 30th Georgia Infantry.^[2] He was wounded in the Battle of Atlanta,^[3] and achieved the rank of colonel by the end of the war.^[4]

Death and legacy

After the war, Boynton moved to Griffin in 1865. He died at his home in Griffin in 1902 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in that same city.

A street in Chickamauga, Georgia is named for him.^[5]

References

↑ Cimbala, Paul A. (1999). The Freedmen's Bureau reconstructing the American South after the Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1575240947. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
↑ Powell, David A. (2014). The Chickamauga Campaign: a Mad Irregular Battle From the Crossing of Tennessee River Through the First Day, August 22 - September 19, 1863. Dorado Hills, Calif.: Savas Beatie. p. 309. ISBN 9781611211740. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
↑ "Historic Utoy Church historical marker". Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
↑ "James Boynton". National Governors Association. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
↑ "Walker County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 106. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Alexander Stephens	Governor of Georgia 1883	Succeeded by Henry Dickerson McDaniel

Governors of Georgia

Council Presidents (1775–76)	Ewen Walton Ewen

Presidents (1776–77)	Bulloch Gwinnett

Governors (since 1777)	Treutlen Houstoun Glascock Cuthbert Wereat Walton Howly Wells Heard Davies Brownson Martin Hall Houstoun Elbert Telfair Mathews Handley Walton Telfair Mathews Irwin Jackson Emanuel Tattnall Milledge Irwin Mitchell Early Mitchell Rabun Talbot Clark Troup Forsyth Gilmer Lumpkin Schley Gilmer McDonald Crawford Towns Cobb H. Johnson J. E. Brown J. Johnson Jenkins Ruger Bullock Conley J. Smith Colquitt Stephens Boynton McDaniel Gordon Northen Atkinson Candler Terrell H. Smith J. M. Brown H. Smith Slaton J.M. Brown Slaton N. Harris Dorsey Hardwick Walker Hardman Russell E. Talmadge Rivers E. Talmadge Arnall Thompson H. Talmadge Griffin Vandiver Sanders Maddox Carter Busbee J. F. Harris Miller Barnes Perdue Deal

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