James G. Woodward

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James G. Woodward (January 14, 1845 – August 29, 1923)^[1] was an American newspaperman and politician, serving as a four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.

For other persons named James Woodward, see James Woodward (disambiguation).

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.^[2] 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

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^ Franklin Garrett Necrology Database - Atlanta History Center
^ Kemp, Kathryn (2002). God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University, p.173-175. ISBN 0865547823.

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