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Eddie James Carthan

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Eddie James Carthan is a former American politician in Mississippi. When elected in 1977, he was the first black mayor since the Reconstruction era in Tchula, Mississippi. He was elected Holmes County county supervisor in 2015, but was ordered to repay his salary because of his prior felony conviction.

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