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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edit- ^ Chesnutt, Charles Waddell; Brodhead, Richard H. (November 19, 1993). The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822314240 – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Whitted, J. A. (November 19, 1908). "A History of the Negro Baptists of North Carolina". Edwards & Broughton Print. Company – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Me. Alexander Hicks, Jr elected to House of Representatives". North Carolina Republican. 12 November 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ a b 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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