George W. Gayles, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George W. Gayles

Baptist minsiter and politician

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1844

Place of Birth: Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1924

Profession: minister, legislator

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

George W.
Gayles (June 29, 1844 - March 5, 1924) was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi.
He was in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 until 1875 and to the Mississippi Senate from 1878 until 1886.
He was a candidate for United States House of Representatives in 1892, but received only 6% of the vote due to the voter suppression laws of that period.
He was also a noted Baptist minister and was known as the "Father of the Convention" of African American Baptists in Mississippi.