- James Henry Mays
James Henry Mays (
June 29 ,1868 -April 19 ,1926 ) was a U.S. Representative fromUtah .Born in
Morristown, Tennessee , Mays attended the district schools.He moved to Kansas in 1883 with his parents, who settled inGalena, Kansas .He worked in the mines and as a lumberman.He attended the Kansas State Normal School. From 1893 to 1902 engaged in the life insurance business atChicago, Illinois ,Dubuque, Iowa , and Salt Lake City, Utah.He was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1895.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inAnn Arbor, Michigan .He moved toIndianapolis, Indiana , in 1896 and to Utah in 1902. Organized several industrial organizations.Mays was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (
March 4 ,1915 -March 3 ,1921 ).He was not a candidate for reelection in 1920.He retired to his stock ranch nearWendell, Idaho , and died there onApril 19 ,1926 .He was interred in Gooding Cemetery,Gooding, Idaho .ource
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