Charles Hays

For the public official in Idaho see Charles Marshall Hays

Charles Hays
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
For the American railroad executive, see Charles Melville Hays.

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). In an 1876 report to the United States House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary investigated charges against Hays "relating to the appointment of Guy R. Beardslee as a cadet at the United States Military Academy" and recommended no further action or charges against him. [1]

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
  1. Lord, Moses. "H. Rept. 44-792 - Charges against Hon. Charles Hays. August 2, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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