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Ivey Hutchings

American politician

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Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ119599983 ↗
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Ivey Hutchings was an African-American politician and state legislator in North Carolina. He was one of three representatives for Halifax County, North Carolina in 1868. He served in the Committee on Corporations.

Career

Hutchings was one of 17 "colored" men elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1868. During his term, he served on the House's Committee on Corporations and Committee on Engrossed Bills. In February 1869 he proposed a bill to prohibit the distillation of grain into alcohol. The measure was unsuccessful.

See also

African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900

References

Works cited

Balanoff, Elizabeth (January 1972). "Negro Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly, July, 1868-February, 1872". The North Carolina Historical Review.

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