Charles Hooks was a United States Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from North Carolina

North Carolina

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; born in Bertie County, North Carolina

Bertie County, North Carolina

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, February 20, 1768; when he was two years old his parents moved to Duplin County, North Carolina

Duplin County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 49,063 people, 18,267 households, and 13,060 families residing in the county. The population density was 60 people per square mile . There were 20,520 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...

 and settled on a plantation near Kenansville

Kenansville, North Carolina

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; became a planter; member of the State house of commons

North Carolina General Assembly

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 1801-1805; served in the State senate in 1810 and 1811; elected as a Democratic-Republican

Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

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 to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King

William R. King

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 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

Alabama

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 in 1826, settled near Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

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, 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