Alexander B. Hicks

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.[5] Hicks was a school principal when elected, one of two newly elected African American school principals that session, the other was George Henry White.[6]

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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References
  1. Chesnutt, Charles Waddell; Brodhead, Richard H. (November 19, 1993). The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822314240 – via Google Books.
  2. Williams, M. W. (November 19, 1940). "Who's who Among North Carolina Negro Baptists: With a Brief History of Negro Baptist Organizations" – via Google Books.
  3. Whitted, J. A. (November 19, 1908). "A History of the Negro Baptists of North Carolina". Edwards & Broughton Print. Company – via Google Books.
  4. Instruction, North Carolina Department of Public (November 19, 1898). "Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years ..." Department of Public Instruction. p. 159.
  5. "Me. Alexander Hicks, Jr elected to House of Representatives". North Carolina Republican. 12 November 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 25 November 2022.open access
  6. Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). ""The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 287. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR 23523861. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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