Joe Hackney
| Joe Hackney | |
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 54th district |
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In office January 1981 – Dec. 31, 2012 |
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| North Carolina House Minority Leader | |
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In office January 2011 – Dec. 31, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Stam |
| Succeeded by | Larry Hall |
| Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
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In office January 2007 – January 2011 |
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| Preceded by | James B. Black |
| Succeeded by | Thom Tillis |
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September 23, 1945 Silk Hope, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Betsy Hackney |
| Residence | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Profession | attorney, 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.
Hackney was born on September 23, 1945 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He grew up on small dairy farm near Silk Hope in Chatham County, where he was the youngest of five children.
Hackney attended North Carolina State University before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned bachelor's and Juris Doctor degrees. He worked as a prosecutor from 1971–74 before going into private practice. In 1974, he was campaign manager for Congressman Ike Andrews. While an undergraduate at UNC-Chapel Hill, he wrote his Honors Thesis on the history of the North Carolina corrections system.
He is married to Betsy Strandberg of Rocky Mount, North Carolina; they have two grown children, Dan and Will. Dan lives in Charlottesville, Va., and is employed at Sperry Marine as a software engineer. Will is a musician and a principal in Chapel Hill-Carrboro based Trekky Records, an independent record label.
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