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Dannite H. Mays
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	William B. Lamar
Succeeded by	Emmett Wilson
Personal details
Born	Dannite Hill Mays (1852-04-28)April 28, 1852 Madison, Florida, U.S.
Died	May 9, 1930(1930-05-09) (aged 78) Monticello, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Roseland Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

Dannite Hill Mays (April 28, 1852 – May 9, 1930) was an American farmer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1909 to 1913. He also served in the state legislature and was a candidate for governor.

Early life and education

Born near Madison, Florida, Mays attended the county schools, the public schools of Savannah, Georgia, and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. He moved to Monticello, Florida, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Political career

He served as delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1888.

State legislature

He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1891, 1895, and 1897, serving as speaker in 1897.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1900 and 1904.

Congress

Mays was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912.

Later career and death

He returned to Monticello, Florida, and resumed agricultural pursuits.

He died in Monticello, Florida, May 9, 1930. He was interred in Roseland Cemetery.

References

1. Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-4823-0.

• United States Congress. "Dannite Hill Mays (id: M000289)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Dannite Hill Mays at Find a Grave

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
Territory Hernández Call White Downing Levy At-large Cabell Brockenbrough Cabell Maxwell Hawkins Hamilton Walls Niblack Purman and Walls (served concurrently) L'Engle Sears Green
1st district Purman Davidson Mallory Sparkman Drane Peterson McMullen Campbell Cramer Sikes Hutto Scarborough J. Miller Gaetz 2nd district Walls Finley Bisbee Finley Hull Bisbee Finley Bisbee Dougherty Bullock Cooper R. Davis Clark Green Price Bennett Fuqua Grant Peterson Boyd Southerland Graham Dunn 3rd district Lamar Mays E. Wilson Kehoe Smithwick Yon Caldwell Sikes Pepper Bennett Brown Yoho Cammack 4th district Sears Owen Wilcox Cannon Smathers Lantaff Fascell Herlong Chappell James Fowler Crenshaw Rutherford Bean 5th district Hendricks Herlong Gurney Frey Gunter Kelly McCollum Thurman Brown-Waite Nugent Brown Lawson Rutherford 6th district D. Rogers P. Rogers Gibbons Young MacKay Stearns DeSantis Waltz 7th district Haley Gibbons J. Mica S. Murphy Mills 8th district Matthews Cramer Young Haley Ireland Young McCollum Keller Grayson Webster Posey Haridopolos (elect) 9th district Fuqua P. Rogers Frey Nelson M. Bilirakis G. Bilirakis Grayson Soto 10th district Gibbons Burke Bafalis Ireland Young Webster Demings Frost 11th district Gurney Pepper P. Rogers D. Mica Nelson Bacchus Gibbons J. Davis Castor Nugent Webster 12th district Cramer Fascell Burke Stack Shaw Lewis Canady Putnam Ross Bilirakis 13th district Lehman Mack III Goss D. Miller Harris Buchanan Young Jolly Crist Luna 14th district Pepper D. Mica Johnston Goss Mack IV Castor 15th district Fascell Shaw Bacchus Weldon Posey Ross Spano Franklin Lee 16th district Smith Lewis Foley Mahoney T. Rooney Buchanan 17th district Lehman C. Meek K. Meek Wilson T. Rooney Steube 18th district Pepper Ros-Lehtinen P. Murphy Mast Franklin 19th district Fascell Johnston Wexler Deutch Radel Clawson F. Rooney Donalds 20th district Deutsch Wasserman Schultz Hastings Cherfilus-McCormick 21st district L. Díaz-Balart M. Díaz-Balart Deutch Frankel Mast 22nd district Shaw Klein West Frankel Deutch Frankel 23rd district Hastings Wasserman Schultz Moskowitz 24th district Feeney Kosmas Adams F. Wilson 25th district M. Díaz-Balart Rivera M. Díaz-Balart Wasserman Schultz 26th district Garcia Curbelo Mucarsel-Powell Giménez M. Díaz-Balart 27th district Ros-Lehtinen Shalala Salazar 28th district Giménez

v t e Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
Archer Ferguson Brown Lancaster Chain Putnam Archer Allison Russell Dell Snell Galbraith Love Eppes Dell Williams Moore Stearns Moore Conover Martin Hannah McWhorter Dougherty Harris Dougherty Davis Pasco Browne Gaskins Jennings Mays McNamee Watson Gibbons Gilchrist Matthews Farris Jennings Farris Hardee Wilder Jennings Edge Milam Davis Getzen Lewis Tomasello Bishop Christie Wood McCarty Simpson Crary Beasley Murray Elliott Bryant David Beasley Chappell Horne Rowell Turlington Schultz Pettigrew Sessums Tucker Brown Haben Moffitt Thompson Mills Gustafson Wetherell Johnson Wallace Webster Thrasher Feeney Byrd Bense Rubio Sansom Cretul Cannon Weatherford Crisafulli Corcoran Oliva Sprowls Renner Perez

• 1852 births
• 1930 deaths
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida
• Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
• Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
• People from Madison, Florida
• People from Monticello, Florida
• 19th-century members of the Florida Legislature
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives