James G. Woodward (1840 – August, 1923) was an American newspaperman and politician, serving as a four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. A friend of the working man, he made his living as printer through the newsrooms of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution over the years. He won Mayor in 1899 and won again when he was eligible in 1904, but the next time he was eligible things didn't go so smoothly. He won the 1908 Democratic primary (in a virtually one party state) but was arrested for public intoxication less than a month before the December general election and was defeated by Robert Maddox. [1] He served his third and fourth terms following Courtland Winn. Trying for a fifth term as Atlanta mayor, he ran (and lost) in September 1922, a year before his death.
| Preceded by Charles Collier |
Mayor of Atlanta January,1899 – January, 1901 |
Succeeded by Livingston Mims |
| Preceded by Evan Howell |
Mayor of Atlanta January,1905 – January, 1907 |
Succeeded by W.R. Joyner |
| Preceded by Courtland Winn |
Mayor of Atlanta January,1913 – January, 1917 |
Succeeded by Asa Candler |
Notes
- ^ Kemp, Kathryn God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola p. 173-175 (2002, Mercer University)
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