Eddie James Carthan is a former American politician in Mississippi. When elected in 1977, [1] he was the first black mayor since the Reconstruction era in Tchula, Mississippi. [2] [3] He was elected Holmes County county supervisor in 2015, [4] but was ordered to repay his salary because of his prior felony conviction. [3] [5] [6] [7]
In 1982, Carthan was found not guilty on charges of capital murder for the murder for hire of a political rival and maintained that he had been framed. [1] [8] [9]