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(February 2, 1834 — June 24, 1879) Hays was an American politician and cotton planter. Charles Hays was born in Greene County, Alabama and attended school in Virginia and Georgia. He served as a major in the Confederate Army and spent most of his political career as a state politician—serving as a state Senator in 1968, and as a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1867. He was elected to Congress as a Republican and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000402]
Member of Alabama Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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