John Benjamin Goodwin (1850 – 1921) was born in Cobb County, Georgia, USA and attended school in Powder Springs. He moved to Atlanta in 1870 and studied law at Gartrell & Stephens and a year later was admitted to the bar. From 1872 to 1874, he was a reporter for Alexander St. Clair-Abrams at the Daily Herald after which he returned to law. He served on the city council off and on from then till 1883 when he was elected mayor after which he served over ten years as city attorney then served as mayor a second time during the Panic of 1893. He died in 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland.
| Preceded by James W. English |
Mayor of Atlanta January,1883 – January, 1885 |
Succeeded by George Hillyer |
| Preceded by William Hemphill |
Mayor of Atlanta January,1893 – January, 1895 |
Succeeded by Porter King |
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