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Hanson Truman Hughes

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Hanson Truman Hughes (died July 16, 1910) was an American politician and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Granville County, North Carolina in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1876. He was one of five African Americans serving in the North Carolina Senate in 1876 to 1877.

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