Monroe E. Hawkins Explained

Monroe E. Hawkins was a state legislator in Arkansas. He attended the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention^[1] and served in the Arkansas House of Representatives.^[2] A Republican, he represented Lafayette County, Arkansas. He served in the House from 1868 to 1869 and 1873 to 1874.^[3]

He was born in North Carolina where he was enslaved from birth.^[4]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: Debates and Proceedings of the Convention which Assembled at Little Rock, January 7th, 1868 ...: To Form a Constitution for the State of Arkansas. Arkansas Constitutional. Convention, 1868. November 29, 1868. J. G. Price, printer to the convention. Google Books.
2. Book: Debates and Proceedings of the Convention which Assembled at Little Rock, January 7th, 1868 ...: To Form a Constitution for the State of Arkansas . 1868 . J. G. Price, printer to the convention .
3. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
4. Branam . Christopher Warren. May 2011. The Africans Have Taken Arkansas: Political Activities of African-American Members of the Arkansas Legislature, 1868-73 . University of Arkansas .