William Calvin Hodge was a stone mason, alderman, and state legislator in Tennessee. He represented Hamilton County, Tennessee in the 44th Tennessee General Assembly from 1885 to 1886.
Hodge was born in North Carolina. He was a stone mason and did other jobs around Chattanooga before becoming a contractor, house mover, alderman for the 4th Ward of the City of Chattanooga (1878-1887), city jailer, and state representative. He had a wife named Lou and either three sons or one depending on the source.[1]
He negotiated with Democrats who needed Republican participation to achieve a quorum and secured four additional African American policeman, a jailer position, and sexton.[2] He and Styles L. Hutchins were black representatives from Chattanooga[3] and were among the city's African American city council members in the late 19th century.[4]
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edit- ^ "African American Legislators". sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com.
- ^ Ezzell, Tim (December 1, 2013). Chattanooga, 1865-1900: A City Set Down in Dixie. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781621900184 – via Google Books.
- ^ Curriden, Mark; Phillips, Leroy (April 28, 2001). Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-century Lynching that Launched 100 Years of Federalism. Anchor Books. ISBN 9780385720823 – via Google Books.
- ^ Scott, Michelle R. (October 1, 2010). Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252092374 – via Google Books.
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