Elias Mayes
Full Name: Elias MayesOther surnames: May, Mays
Date of birth: February 15, 1831
Date of death: January 5, 1910
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 50 | Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 | 21st (1) (2) | Republican | Bryan / Brazos | Brazos | |
| H | 28 | Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 | 16th (3) (4) (5) | Republican | Bryan / Brazos | Brazos |
(1) Republican. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) A. Asberry, Elias Mays, and R.B. Renfro [Rentfro], Republicans. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "The star indicates republican; those unmarked are democrats. [Note - Quite a number of the members who are marked democrats were elected as independents.]" Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(5) "Mays campaigned and was elected on the Greenback ticket," p. 129. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.
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House District 50
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 Legislatures: 21st (1) (2) Party: Republican Home City/County: Bryan / Brazos Counties in district: Brazos |
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House District 28
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 Legislatures: 16th (3) (4) (5) Party: Republican Home City/County: Bryan / Brazos Counties in district: Brazos |
(1) Republican. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) A. Asberry, Elias Mays, and R.B. Renfro [Rentfro], Republicans. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "The star indicates republican; those unmarked are democrats. [Note - Quite a number of the members who are marked democrats were elected as independents.]" Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(5) "Mays campaigned and was elected on the Greenback ticket," p. 129. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 81st Legislature, R.S., HCR 81, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Elias (Elius) Mayes (Mays). Birth date 1/1830 or 2/15/1831; death date 1/5/1910. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas, 2002.
- MAYES, ELIAS (1831-?). Birth date 2/15/1831. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," p. 107. The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900, 1971.
- Biographical sketch, Elias Mays, pp. 260-261. Born 2/15/1831 in Canecka County, Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
- Biographical sketch, Elias May, p. 260. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 61-62. Birth date 2/18/1831; death date 7/5/1910. Elias [Elius] Mays, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.
Other Resources
- Elias Mays, memorial marker in Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County. Find a Grave.
- Mentioned in CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS Handbook of Texas Online.
- Mentioned in Historical Clarksville, 2000.
- Elias Mays. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
- Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants, 1970.
- Biographical Information, p. 97. Born 2/15/1831. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: A History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement, 1935.
- Death notice, "Elias Mays Dead," The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot, 1/5/1910, p. 3. "Elias Mays, one of the oldest and best known colored men in Bryan, and this section of the state, died at his home in this city this morning. He was at one time was a member of the legislature from this county." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Photographs
- Photograph. Elias Mays, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Elias (Elius) Mayes (Mays), State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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16th R.S. - 1879
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