Mentor Dotson

Mentor Dotson (c. 1837–?),^[1] was an American politician, teacher, minister, and storekeeper. As a state legislator he represented Sumter County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1872–1874.^[1][2] He has been noted as Minter Dotson, Minter Dawson, and Minter Dodson.

He was Black and born enslaved around 1837 or 1838 in Georgia.^[1] His November 19, 1872 election certificate was reproduced in a cookbook published by the National Council of Negro Women in 2000.^[3]

Mary Louise Dotson was his daughter; she worked at Tuskegee Institute and was married George James Austin.^[4] Their children included Helen Elsie Austin.