James Wilford Garner (November 22, 1871, Pike County, Mississippi – December 9, 1938, Urbana, Illinois) was an American political scientist who was professor of political science at the University of Illinois.[1][2][3] James Wilford Garner was born in Pike County, Mississippi in 1871 to W. O. and Martha A.He was editor in chief of the American Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1910–1911).He lectured for a semester at the Geneva Institute of Higher International Studies.[4] In 1929, he lectured at French and English universities as a visiting professor for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.