Henry T. Hawkins
Henry T. Hawkins (1843 – November 25, 1903)[1] was a state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate. John Edgar Hawkins was his son.[2]
His family lived in Georgia and he relocated to Arkansas in 1850 settling in Mount Holly, Arkansas.[2]
He represented Columbia County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1881-1889.[3]
He chaired the Committee on Penitentiary.[4]
In 1881 he and R. I. Emerson represented Columbia County in the Arkansas House.[5]
He was part of the joint legislative committee of the Arkansas House and Senate that reported on Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Senator Hawkins Dead At Mt. Holly". Arkansas Democrat. 1903-11-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ a b Herndon, Dallas Tabor (January 8, 1922). "Centennial History of Arkansas". S. J. Clarke publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Co, Goodspeed Publishing (1890). Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas. Southern Historical Press. ISBN 978-0-89308-083-9.
- ^ Senate, Arkansas General Assembly (January 8, 1891). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ Daniels, Charlie (July 1, 2009). The Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State 2008. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-0-615-23214-0 – via Google Books.
- ^ Senate, Arkansas General Assembly (January 8, 1889). "Journal of the Senate of Arkansas" – via Google Books.
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- 1843 births
- 1903 deaths
- Arkansas state senators
- Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- African-American state legislators in Arkansas
- People from Columbia County, Arkansas
- 19th-century African-American politicians
- African-American men in politics
- People from Georgia (U.S. state)