Charles Hooks

Charles Hooks (1768–1843) was a United States Representative from North Carolina; born in Bertie County, North Carolina, February 20, 1768; when he was two years old his parents moved to Duplin County, North Carolina and settled on a plantation near Kenansville; became a planter; member of the State house of commons 1801-1805; served in the State senate in 1810 and 1811; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King and served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1817; elected to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825); moved to Alabama in 1826, settled near Montgomery, and again engaged in planting; died near Montgomery, Ala., October 18, 1843; interment in the Molton family cemetery. Hooks was the great-grandfather of William Julius Harris.

See also

• Fourteenth United States Congress
• Sixteenth United States Congress
• Seventeenth United States Congress
• Eighteenth United States Congress

External links

• U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry

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Name	Hooks, Charles
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1768
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Date of death	1843
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