Joe Hackney

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Joe Hackney
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
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	(1945-09-23) September 23, 1945 (age 78) Silk Hope, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Betsy Hackney
Residence	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Alma mater	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (AB, JD)
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.^[1]