Charles Hooks

Charles Hooks (born February 20, 1768 in Bertie County , Province of North Carolina , †  October 18, 1843 in Montgomery , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1816 and 1825 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

Charles Hooks was the great-grandfather of William J. Harris (1868-1932), who sat for the State of Georgia in the US Senate . At the age of two, he and his parents moved to a plantation near Kenansville . Later he worked there as a planter . At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1801 and 1805 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina ; in 1810 and 1811 he was a member of the State Senate .

After the resignation of Congressman William R. King , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for the by-election for the fifth seat of North Carolina , where he took up his new mandate on December 2, 1816. By March 3, 1817, he ended the current legislative period there. In the elections of 1818 Hooks was re -elected to the US House of Representatives in the fifth constituency of his state, where he succeeded James Owen on March 4, 1819 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1825 . Since 1823 he represented the third district of North Carolina there as the successor to Thomas H. Hall .

In 1826 Charles Hooks moved to near Montgomery, Alabama, where he worked as a planter. Politically, he no longer held any other offices. He died on October 18, 1843 on his estate there.

Web links

• Charles Hooks in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)