Joe Hackney

Joe Hackney
Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013
Preceded byPaul Stam
Succeeded byLarry Hall
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2011
Preceded byJim Black
Succeeded byThom Tillis
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1981 – January 1, 2013
Preceded byEdward Shelton Holmes
Succeeded byDeb McManus
Constituency17th District (1981-1983)
24th District (1983-2003)
54th District (2003-2013)
Personal details
Born (1945-09-23) September 23, 1945 (age 79)
Silk Hope, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBetsy Hackney
ResidenceChapel Hill, North Carolina
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (AB, JD)
Professionattorney, farmer

Joe Hackney (born September 23, 1945, in Chatham County, North Carolina) served for 16 terms (32 years) as a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the state's fifty-fourth House district, including constituents in Chatham, Orange, and Moore counties. A farmer and attorney from Chapel Hill, Hackney served as Speaker of the House for two terms and thereafter served as House Minority Leader until he chose to retire rather than seek another term in the legislature in 2012.[1]

  1. ^ Leslie, Laura (2012-02-02). "House Minority Leader Hackney to retire". WRAL.com. Retrieved 2012-11-06.