Micajah Thomas Hawkins (May 20, 1790 – December 22, 1858) was an American farmer and politician who served five terms as aU.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina from 1831 to 1841.
Born nearWarrenton, North Carolina in 1790, Hawkins attended Warrenton Academy and then theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A practicing farmer, Hawkins was first elected to theNorth Carolina House of Commons in 1819, serving again in 1820. From 1823 to 1827 he was a member of theNorth Carolina State Senate, and also served in the North Carolina Militia, reaching the rank ofmajor general.
Hawkins was elected to the22nd United States Congress as aJacksonian (laterDemocrat) in a special election to fill the vacancy left by the resignation ofRobert Potter. He was re-elected to four terms in Congress, serving from December 15, 1831, to March 3, 1841. He declined to run again in 1840 and returned to farming in North Carolina.
After serving in Congress, Hawkins became involved again in North Carolina politics, serving in the state Senate in 1846 and as a member of theNorth Carolina Council of State from 1854 to 1855.
He died and was buried near Warrenton in 1858.
Hawkins was the nephew ofBenjamin Hawkins and ofNathaniel Macon.
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