Thomas Jefferson Boynton

Thomas Jefferson Boynton

Thomas Jefferson Boynton (August 31, 1838–May 2, 1871) was an American lawyer, journalist, and judge.

Boynton was born in 1838 in Amherst, Ohio. He read law in 1858 and was in private practice in Saint Joseph, Missouri, from 1858 to 1861. Boynton was a correspondent for the "Missouri Democrat" from 1858 to 1861. Boynton died in New York City. He also was a newspaper editor in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Boynton served as a U.S. Marshal for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1861 to 1863. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him (by recess appointment) on October 19, 1863, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, to the seat vacated by William Marvin. At age 25, he is the youngest federal judge in U.S. history. Nominated on January 5, 1864, he was confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 1864, and received commission on January 20, 1864. On the court he was involved in the case of Samuel Mudd. [http://www.eclectica.org/v5n2/longley.html]

Boynton resigned from the court on January 1, 1870. He died in 1871 in New York City.

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