Background
Mays, Calhoun Allen was born on November 14, 1884 in near Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. Son of Sampson Butler and Ella (Calhoun) Mays.
Mays, Calhoun Allen was born on November 14, 1884 in near Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. Son of Sampson Butler and Ella (Calhoun) Mays.
Bachelor of Arts, College Charleston, 1906. Student law University of Michigan, summer 1909. Student Columbia, summer 1920.
Teacher public schools, Elberton, Georgia, 1906-1908, Waycross, Georgia, 1908-1910. Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1910, practiced in Greenwood. Partner firm Mays & Mays.
Service as assistant United State Attorneys Western District, 1914-1918.
Special judge Circuit Court Justices of South Carolina. Chairman, South Carolina.
Archives Commission.
Member South Carolina. Senate, 1942-1948.; Member American, South Carolina. (president), Greenwood bar associations, American Legion (commander 1933, judge advisory department South Carolina.
1936-1939), South Carolina.
History Society, South Carolina. History Association.
Married Mae Trammell, November 9, 1920 (deceased). Children: Nancy (Mistress Robert A. Trawney, Junior.