Truly Hatchett

{{Short description|American investor and politician (1881–1970)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Truly Hatchett | image = | caption = | birth_date = June 17, 1881 | birth_place = | death_date = April 1, 1970 | death_place = | political_party = Democratic | office = Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | occupation = Real estate investor, State legislator | known_for = One of the first African Americans in the Maryland House of Delegates | organization = Monument Lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks | term = 1928 }} '''Truly Hatchett''' (June 17, 1881 – April 1, 1970) was a real estate investor and state legislator in Maryland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-03-09-1993068220-story.html|title=The city's elite black neighborhood|website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref> He and Emery Cole were the first African Americans to serve in the Maryland House of Delegates. He joined the House on November 2, 1954.<ref name="Jet1">{{cite news |title=Yesterday In Afro-American History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTcDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Truly+Hatchett&pg=PA10 |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |date=5 November 1970 |language=en}}</ref> Hatchett represented Baltimore, and was a Democrat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maryland Manual, 1957-1958 |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc1100/sc1198/000000/000002/000000/000052/pdf/mdsa_sc1198_2_52.pdf |website=msa.maryland.gov |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref> In 1928, he served as Exalted Ruler of the Monument Lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.<ref name="Elk">{{cite news |title=Truly Hatchett Elected Exalted Ruler of Elks |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dyUmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xv0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2879%2C3604776 |access-date=14 July 2022 |work=The Afro American |date=16 June 1928}}</ref>

He had two brothers, a half-brother, and three half-sisters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19181011&id=vyUmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7P0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3851,4725307|title=The Afro American - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>

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