James W. English
James Warren English (October 28,1837 – February, 1925) was an American politician born in Orleans Parish,Louisiana. His father died when he was 12 and his mother followed two years later. At the age of 15 he became an apprentice carriage-maker and worked at it undustriously for four years while attending night school when he moved to Griffin, Georgia.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army on April 20,1861 and served in Virginia. On the night of April 7, 1865 in the company of Colonel Heman H. Perry, assistant adjunct-general of Moxley Sorrel's Brigade, received the first written communication from Grant to Lee about a surrender, which happened soon after at Appomattox Court House.
He arrived in Atlanta May 14, 1865 where he was a banker and mayor. From 1871 until his death he resided on Cone St. between Walton and Poplar in the Fairlie-Poplar district. The home was torn down soon after, one of the last single-family homes downtown.
| Preceded by William Lowndes Calhoun |
Mayor of
Atlanta January,1881 – January, 1883 |
Succeeded by John B. Goodwin |
Mayors of Atlanta  |
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| Formwalt • Bomar • Buell • Norcross • Gibbs • Mims • Markham • Butt • Nelson • Glen • Ezzard • L. Glenn • Ezzard • Whitaker • Lowe • J. Calhoun • Williams • Hulsey • Ezzard • Hammond • James • Hammock • Spencer • Hammock • Angier • W.L. Calhoun • English • Goodwin • Hillyer • Cooper • J.T. Glenn • Hemphill • Goodwin • King • Collier • Woodward • Mims • Howell • Woodward • Joyner • Maddox • Winn • Woodward • Candler • Key • Sims • Ragsdale • Key • Hartsfield • LeCraw • Hartsfield • Allen • Massell • Jackson • Young • Jackson • Campbell • Franklin |
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