Thomas J. Boynton (politician)

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]

Thomas J. Boynton
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office 1917–1920
Preceded by	George Weston 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	Charles Bruce[5]
Succeeded by	H. Heustis Newton[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 (aged 88)[6]
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic[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

1. Hennessy, Michael Edmund (1917), Twenty-five Years of Massachusetts Politics: from Russell to McCall, 1890-1915, Boston, Ma: Practical Politics, p. 349
2. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1919, p. 8
3. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 62
4. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1919, p. 626
5. "Mayors of the City of Everett". Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
6. 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
7. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7–8
8. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 10

External links

• Thomas J. Boynton at Find a Grave