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Mentor Dotson (–?), was an American politician, teacher, minister, and storekeeper. As a state legislator he represented
Sumter County, Alabama Sumter County is a county located in the west central portion of Alabama."ACES Winston County Office" (links/history), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), 2007, webpageACES-Sumter At the 2020 census, the population was 12,345. Its co ...
in the
Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with ...
from 1872–1874. He has been noted as Minter Dotson, Minter Dawson, and Minter Dodson. He was Black and born enslaved around 1837 or 1838 in Georgia. His November 19, 1872 election certificate was reproduced in a cookbook published by the
National Council of Negro Women The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities. Mary McLeod Bethune, ...
in 2000. Mary Louise Dotson was his daughter; she worked at
Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a Private university, private, Historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It was f ...
and was married
George James Austin George James Austin Sr. ( – August 19, 1930), was an American military officer, educator, and insurance salesman. He was a Black military officer in the United States, who served in the Spanish–American War, Spanish-American War and World War ...
. Their children included
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.


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African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900 More than 1,500 African-American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern sta ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dotson, Mentor 1830s births Date of death unknown American former slaves People from Sumter County, Alabama African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era 19th-century members of the Alabama Legislature