Giles Cotton

Giles Cotton
A photograph of Giles Cotton from c. 1870
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 18th district
In office
February 10, 1870 – January 14, 1873
Personal details
Bornc. 1814
Diedc. 1883
PartyRepublican

Giles Cotton, also known as Silas Cotton, (died 1883 or 1884) was an emancipated enslaved man, farmer, and state legislator in Texas. A Radical Republican, he served in the Texas House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era from 1870 to 1873. He married and had seven children.

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