Background
Mayes, Robert Burns was born on June 28, 1867 in Gallatin, Mississippi, United States. Son of Herman Bowmar and Charity (Barlow) Mayes.
Mayes, Robert Burns was born on June 28, 1867 in Gallatin, Mississippi, United States. Son of Herman Bowmar and Charity (Barlow) Mayes.
Education public and private schools, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, and attended University of Mississippi. Bachelor of Laws, same, 1890.
Began practice of law, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, 1890. Member Mississippi Senate, 1892-1893. Special agent in the United States Treasury Department, 1893-1895.
Resumed law practice at New York, 1895-1897.
Returned to Mississippi and practiced at Hazlehurst, 1898-1903. Judge Chancery Court, 1903-1906.
Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Mississippi, May 10, 1906. Chief justice, April 16, 1910-August 12, 1912, resigned.
District counsel I.C. Railroad Company and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, Jackson, Mississippi, since 1912.
Member Mississippi
Married Lelia Hart Beaty, February 21, 1900.