James P. Mays

James P. Mays was Commissioner of Elections in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, and in the South [Carolina House of Representatives] during the Reconstruction era in 1868. He was also appointed Coroner in 1873.

History

In 1872, Mays alleged election tampering in a statement he made as a Commissioner of Elections for Orangeburg.
After 1885, he and his wife Isabella moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee.