Thomas J. Boynton (politician) explained

Thomas J. Boynton
Nationality:American
Title1:United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
Term Start1:1917
Term End1:1920
Predecessor1:George W. Anderson
Successor1:Daniel J. Gallagher
Order2:Massachusetts Attorney General
Term Start2:1914
Term End2:1915
Majority2:8,102
Governor2:David I. Walsh
Predecessor2:James M. Swift
Successor2:Henry Converse Atwill
Office3:Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
Term Start3:June 6, 1917
Term End3:April 6, 1918
Office4:Mayor of
Everett, Massachusetts
Term Start4:1903[1]
Term End4:1904
Term Start5:1905
Term End5:1907
Predecessor4:Charles Bruce
Successor4:H. Heustis Newton
Predecessor5:H. Heustis Newton
Successor5:Charles Bruce
Birth Date:December 30, 1856
Birth Place:Westfield, Vermont
Party:Democratic

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, the city solicitor and the Mayor of Everett, Massachusetts and as the Massachusetts Attorney General. Boynton was born in Westfield, Vermont.

1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. 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.

Notes

  1. Web site: Mayors of the City of Everett. September 12, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120602065329/http://www.ci.everett.ma.us/Everett_files/mayors/mayors.htm. June 2, 2012.