About James P. Mays
James P. Mays was a politician.
James P. Mays was Commissioner of Elections in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, and in the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era in 1868. He was also appointed Coroner in 1873.
History In 1872, Mays alleged election tampering in a statement he made as a Commissioner of Elections for Orangeburg.
After 1885, he and his wife Isabella moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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