Edwin T. Boykin
{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Edwin Thomas Boykin
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|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
|successor2=Edwin W. Kerr
|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
|predecessor4=
|successor4=
|office5=Mayor of
Clinton, North Carolina
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|term_end5=
|predecessor5=
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|birth_date=December 27, 1854
|birth_place=Clinton, North Carolina
|death_date= {{death date and age|1898|8|27|1854|12|27}}
|death_place= Dunn, North Carolina
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|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
|footnotes=
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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.{{Citation |last = Connor| first = R.D.W. | title =A Manual of North Carolina | page = 804| publisher=North Carolina Historical Commission | location =Raleigh, North Carolina | year = 1913}}
Early life
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.
{{Citation |last = Dowd| first =Jerome| title =Sketches of Prominent living North Carolinians| page = 125| publisher=Edwards & Broughton| location = Raleigh, North Carolina|year =1888}}
Family life
Political career
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.{{Citation |last = Justesen | first = Benjamin R.| title =George Henry White: An Even Chance in the Race of Life | page = 106| publisher=Louisiana State University Press| location = Baton Rouge, Louisiana|year = 2001}}
Judicial career
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.{{Citation |last = Dowd| first =Jerome| title =Sketches of Prominent living North Carolinians| page = 126| publisher=Edwards & Broughton| location = Raleigh, North Carolina|year =1888}} Boykin resigned December 1896{{Citation |last = North Carolina Bar Association| title =Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association, Volume 28| page = 110| publisher=North Carolina Bar Association| location = Raleigh, North Carolina|year =1926}} to resume the practice of law.{{Citation |last = Smith|first=Frank Charles|title =The American Lawyer, Volume 5| page = 30| publisher=Stumpf & Steurer| location = Raleigh, North Carolina|date=January 1897}}
Death
Boykin died suddenly on August 27, 1898, after "a stroke of apoplexy". He was buried in Raleigh the next day."JUDGE BOYKIN DEAD", The Landmark, Tuesday, August 30, 1898, Statesville, North Carolina, United States Of America
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| title=6th President pro tempore
of the North Carolina Senate
| before=William T. Dortch
| after=Edwin W. Kerr
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{{Succession box|title=Judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the
North Carolina Superior Court|before=Allmand A. McKoy|after=Oliver Hicks Harrison Allen|years=1885 – December 1896}}
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Category:North Carolina state senators
Category:Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Category:People from Clinton, North Carolina
Category:Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:Mayors of places in North Carolina
Category:19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly