Background
Boykin, James Chambers was born on January 11, 1866 in Russell Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Thomas Cooper and Belle (Alexander) Boykin.
Boykin, James Chambers was born on January 11, 1866 in Russell Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Thomas Cooper and Belle (Alexander) Boykin.
Agricultural and Mechanics College, Auburn, Alabama, 1879-1881. Law School Columbian (now George Washington University, Washington, 1891-1893.
Appointed to the United States bureau of Education, April 27, 1887. In charge section relating to city school systems and member editorial committee, until August 31, 1903. Special agent bureau of Education for Atlanta (Georgia) Exposition, 1895.
Chief special agent Interior Department for expns. at Nashville, Tennessee, 1897, Omaha, 1898, Buffalo, 1901, Charleston, South Carolina., 1902, Saint Louis, 1904, Portland, Oregon, 1905.
Chief clerk Truckee-Carson project, United States Reclamation Service, 1906. Assistant representative Interior Department, Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
Assistant to chairman Government Board and acting representative Interior Department, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909. Representative Interior Department for expns. at Quito, Ecuador, 1909, and Turin, Italy, 1911.
Executive officer United States Government Exhibit Board and representative Interior Department, San Francisco Exposition, 1915, San Diego Exposition, 1916.
Director American exhibits, Panama National Exposition, Panama City, 1916. Member committee publications, Interior Department, 1923. Editor, bureau of Education, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1911.
Also editor of School Life.
Author: Class Intervals, 1891. History of Physical Training, 1892.
Laws Governing City School Boards, 1896. Truant Schools, 1900.
Instruction by Correspondence, 1902.
Educational Legislation (co-author), 1913. The Tangible Rewards of Teaching, 1914. The Story of the Declaration of Independence, 1926.
Home: Washington, Distric.
Member committee publications, Interior Department, 1923.
Married Eva Paxton, March 16, 1887 (died 1899). Married second, Margaret Stevenson Getty, January 25, 1905. Children: Irma (Mistress O. H. P. Clark), Basil Paxton.