# Truly Hatchett

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{{Short description|American investor and politician (1881–1970)}}
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| name            = Truly Hatchett
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| birth_date      = June 17, 1881
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| death_date      = April 1, 1970
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| political_party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| office          = Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
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| 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](/source/Emery_Cole) were the first African Americans to serve in the [Maryland House of Delegates](/source/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](/source/Baltimore), and was a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)).<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](/source/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>

==See also==
* [List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959)](/source/List_of_African-American_officeholders_(1900%E2%80%931959))
*[Harry A. Cole](/source/Harry_A._Cole)

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Category:Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly

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