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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaDannite Hill MAYS
(1852-1930)
MAYS, Dannite Hill, a
Representative from Florida; born near Madison, Madison County,
Fla., April 28, 1852; attended the county schools, the public
schools of Savannah, Ga., and Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va.; moved to Monticello, Fla., and engaged in
agricultural pursuits; delegate to the Democratic State convention
in 1888; member of the State house of representatives in 1891,
1895, and 1897, serving as speaker in 1897; unsuccessful candidate
for Governor in 1900 and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3,
1913); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912; returned to
Monticello, Fla., and resumed agricultural pursuits; died in
Monticello, Fla., May 9, 1930; interment in Roseland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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