About Alexander Hicks
Alexander Hicks was an American politician.
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.
He was from Plymouth, North Carolina, studied at Shaw University, and established a school in Plymouth that developed into a state normal school.
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. He was 25 years old, Republican, and African American.
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Who was Alexander Hicks?
American educator and politician
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Alexander Hicks died in 1883.
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Alexander Hicks was a politician.
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