Joe Hackney
Joe Hackney | |
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| Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Stam |
| Succeeded by | Larry Hall |
| Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Black |
| Succeeded by | Thom Tillis |
| President of the National Conference of State Legislatures | |
| In office 2008–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Donna Stone |
| Succeeded by | Don Balfour |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 1981 – January 1, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Shelton Holmes |
| Succeeded by | Deb McManus |
| Constituency | 17th District (1981-1983) 24th District (1983-2003) 54th District (2003-2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 23, 1945 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Betsy Hackney |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (AB, JD) |
| Profession | attorney, farmer |
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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.