Monroe E. Hawkins was a state legislator in Arkansas. He attended the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention[1] and served in the Arkansas House of Representatives.[2] A Republican, he represented Lafayette County, Arkansas. He served in the House from 1868 to 1869 and 1873 to 1874.[3]

He was born in North Carolina where he was enslaved from birth.[4]

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  1. ↑ Convention, 1868, Arkansas Constitutional (November 29, 1868). "Debates and Proceedings of the Convention which Assembled at Little Rock, January 7th, 1868 ...: To Form a Constitution for the State of Arkansas". J. G. Price, printer to the convention – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Debates and Proceedings of the Convention which Assembled at Little Rock, January 7th, 1868 ...: To Form a Constitution for the State of Arkansas. J. G. Price, printer to the convention. 1868.
  3. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  4. ↑ Branam, Christopher Warren (May 2011). The Africans Have Taken Arkansas: Political Activities of African-American Members of the Arkansas Legislature, 1868-73 (Thesis). University of Arkansas.
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