| Edwin Thomas Boykin | |
| Office: | Judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the North Carolina Superior Court |
| Term Start: | 1885 |
| Term End: | December 1896 |
| Predecessor: | Allmand A. McKoy |
| Successor: | Oliver Hicks Harrison Allen |
| Office2: | 6th President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate |
| Term Start2: | January 7, 1885 |
| Term End2: | 1887 |
| Predecessor2: | William T. Dortch |
| Office3: | Member of the North Carolina Senate 14th Senatorial District |
| Term Start3: | 1883 |
| Term End3: | 1886 |
| Predecessor3: | J.A. Oates |
| Successor3: | Edwin W. Kerr |
| Office4: | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives 14th Senatorial District |
| Term Start4: | 1881 |
| Term End4: | 1882 |
| Birth Date: | December 27, 1854 |
| Death Place: | Dunn, North Carolina |
| Spouse: | Katie G. Bizzell, m. December 28, 1876. |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College, 1874 |
| Children: | Arthur Lee Boykin; Edwin Thomas Boykin, Jr.; Swift Galloway Boykin; Celestial Graves Boykin; Isaac Boykin |
Edwin Thomas Boykin (December 27, 1854 – August 27, 1898) was a North Carolina politician who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, the North Carolina Senate and as the sixth President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate.
Boykin was born December 27, 1854, in Clinton, North Carolina. His father died when he was a youth and his mother moved to the Durham, North Carolina, area.
Boykin married Katie G. Bizzell on December 28, 1876, they had several children.
Boykin was twice elected the mayor of Clinton, North Carolina. From 1881 to 1882 Boykin was one of two representatives elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent the Fourteenth Senatorial District. From 1883 to 1886 Boykin served in the North Carolina Senate again representing the fourteenth Senatorial District. On January 7, 1885, Boykin was chosen President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate by his fellow senators.
In 1885 Boykin was appointed a judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the North Carolina Superior Court to finish the term of Judge Allmand A. McKoy, who had died. In 1886 Boykin was elected to the judgeship on his own right. Boykin resigned December 1896 to resume the practice of law.
Boykin died suddenly on August 27, 1898, after "a stroke of apoplexy". He was buried in Raleigh the next day.[1]