About Thomas A. Cotton
Thomas A. Cotton was an American legislator.
Thomas A. Cotton was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Noxubee County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875.
Historican Eric Foner lists him as P. A. Cotton in Freedom's Lawmakers and documents him as African American, illiterate, and a laborer.
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Who was Thomas A. Cotton?
Mississippi state legislator
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Thomas A. Cotton was a legislator.
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Thomas A. Cotton was American.
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