Alexander B. Hicks Explained
Alexander B. Hicks Jr. (died January 1883) was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Washington County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1881.[1] [2]
He was from Plymouth, North Carolina, studied at Shaw University, and established a school in Plymouth that developed into a state normal school.[3] [4]
His election was reported as the "largest majority ever polled" to the county's political offices even though Hicks only won by 9 votes more than the nearest of his four competitors.[5] He was 25 years old, Republican, and African American. Hicks was a school principal when elected, one of two newly elected African American school principals that session, the other was George Henry White.
In 1882 Hicks resigned his seat to take up a position of County Commissioner for Washington County. He died in January 1883.[6]
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Notes and References
- Book: The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt. Charles Waddell. Chesnutt. Richard H.. Brodhead. November 19, 1993. Duke University Press. 9780822314240 . Google Books.
- Web site: Who's who Among North Carolina Negro Baptists: With a Brief History of Negro Baptist Organizations. M. W.. Williams. November 19, 1940. Google Books.
- Web site: A History of the Negro Baptists of North Carolina. J. A.. Whitted. November 19, 1908. Edwards & Broughton Print. Company. Google Books.
- Web site: Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years .... North Carolina Department of Public. Instruction. November 19, 1898. Department of Public Instruction. 159.
- News: Me. Alexander Hicks, Jr elected to House of Representatives. . 25 November 2022 . North Carolina Republican . 12 November 1880 . 2.
- Justesen . Benjamin R. . "The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly . The North Carolina Historical Review . 2009 . 86 . 3 . 287 . 23523861 . 25 November 2022 . 0029-2494.
