Thomas J. Boynton (politician)
Thomas J. Boynton | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | |
In office 1917–1920 | |
Preceded by | George W. Anderson |
Succeeded by | Daniel J. Gallagher |
Massachusetts Attorney General | |
In office 1914–1915 | |
Governor | David I. Walsh |
Preceded by | James M. Swift |
Succeeded by | Henry Converse Atwill |
Majority | 8,102[1] |
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[2][3] | |
In office June 6, 1917[2] – April 6, 1918[4] | |
Mayor of Everett, Massachusetts | |
In office 1903[5]–1904[5] | |
Preceded by | [5] |
Succeeded by | [5] |
In office 1905[5]–1907[5] | |
Preceded by | H. Heustis Newton[5] |
Succeeded by | Charles Bruce[5] |
Personal details | |
Born | December 30, 1856 Westfield, Vermont[3] |
Died | April 14, 1945[6] | (aged 88)
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic[3] |
Thomas Jefferson Boynton (December 30, 1856 – April 14, 1945) was a U.S. political figure who served in 1882 as a member of the Vermont legislature,[3] the city solicitor and the Mayor of Everett, Massachusetts[3] and as the Massachusetts Attorney General.[3]
Boynton was born in Westfield, Vermont.
1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[]
In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.[7] In May 1917, Boynton was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the Twentieth Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[8]
Notes[]
- ^ Hennessy, Michael Edmund (1917), Twenty-five Years of Massachusetts Politics: from Russell to McCall, 1890-1915, Boston, Ma: Practical Politics, p. 349
- ^ a b Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1919, p. 8
- ^ a b c d e f Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 62
- ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1919, p. 626
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mayors of the City of Everett". Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (April 14, 1945), "THOMAS J.BOYNTON; Former Massachusetts Attorney General Ex-Mayor of Everett", New York Times, New York, NY, p. 15
- ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7–8
- ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 10
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