W. T. J. Hayes

W. T. J. Hayes, sometimes documented as H. T. J. Hayes, was a public official and state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1868 for Halifax County, North Carolina. He was a signatory of North Carolina's 1868 Constitution.[1][2] He was a Republican.[3]

He also served as a justice of the peace and coroner in Halifax County.[4][5]

He served at the 1868 North Carolina Constitutional Convention with fellow African American delegates.[6] He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives with fellow representatives John H. Renfrow and Ivey Hutchings from Halifax County.[7]

He was one of the first African Americans to serve in North Carolina's legislature (along with Henry C. Cherry, Parker D. Robbins, Wilson Cary, B. W. Morris, A. W. Stevens, John S. Leary, Isham Sweat, John H. Williamson, A. A. Crawford, Cuffie Mayo, Ivey Hutchings, John S. W. Eagles, George W. Price, Thomas A. Sykes, James H. Harris, William Cawthorn, Richard Falkner and three state senators).[8]

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References
  1. Hough, Franklin Benjamin (December 9, 1872). "American Constitutions: Comprising the Constitution of Each State in the Union, and of the United States, with the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation; Each Accompanied by a Historical Introduction and Notes, Together with a Classified Analysis of the Constitutions, According to Their Subjects, Showing, by Comparative Arrangement, Every Constitutional Provision Now in Force in the Several States; with References to Judicial Decisions, and an Analytical Index. Illustrated by Carefully Engraved Fac-similes of the Great Seals of the United States, and of Each State and Territory". Weed, Parsons – via Google Books.
  2. Convention, North Carolina Constitutional (December 9, 1868). "Constitution of the State of North-Carolina: Together with the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention, Assembled in the City of Raleigh, Jan. 14th, 1868". J. W. Holden, convention printer – via Google Books.
  3. Carolina (1793-1962), University of North (December 9, 1949). "Essays in Southern History Presented to Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, PH. D., LL., D.: By His Former Students at the University of North Carolina". University of North Carolina Press – via Google Books.
  4. State, North Carolina Secretary of (December 9, 1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina: For the Year 1874 ..." J. Turner, jr., state printer – via Google Books.
  5. State, North Carolina Secretary of (December 9, 1874). "North Carolina Manual" – via Google Books.
  6. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/01/14/black-delegates-had-voice-1868-convention
  7. House, United States Congress (December 9, 1868). "House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.
  8. https://www.carolana.com/NC/1800s/nc_1800s_house_1868-1869.html
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