Charles Hays

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Charles Hays
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877
Preceded byCharles W. Pierce
Succeeded byCharles M. Shelley
Member of the Alabama Senate
from the 24th district
In office
1868
Personal details
Born
Charles Hays

(1834-02-02)February 2, 1834
Greene County, Alabama
DiedJune 24, 1879(1879-06-24) (aged 45)
Greene County, Alabama
Political partyRepublican

Charles Hays (February 2, 1834 – June 24, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Biography[]

Hays was born at "Hays Mount," in Greene County, Alabama near Boligee where he completed preparatory studies under private teachers.

He attended the University of Georgia at Athens and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.

He was a cotton planter in Greene County and also engaged in other agricultural pursuits before becoming a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860.

Hays was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877) and served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Forty-third Congress).

He died at his home, "Myrtle Hall," in Greene County, Alabama, June 24, 1879 and was interred in the family cemetery, "Hays Mount" plantation.

References[]

  • United States Congress. "Charles Hays (id: H000402)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13

External links[]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Charles W. Pierce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 4th congressional district

1869-1877
Succeeded by
Charles M. Shelley


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