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Elias Mayes

1831–1910

United States

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Elias Mayes (February 15, 1831 – January 5, 1910) was an American politician, farmer, and Methodist Episcopal minister who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was elected as a Republican to the Texas Sixteenth and Twenty-first legislatures and represented Brazos County.

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