Freeman Hankins
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 7th district
In office
January 2, 1967 – December 31, 1988
Preceded byCharles R. Weiner
Succeeded byChaka Fattah
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the Philadelphia County district
In office
January 1, 1961 – November 30, 1968
Personal details
BornSeptember 30, 1917
Brunswick, Georgia, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 1988(1988-12-31) (aged 71)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materDolan's College of Embalming
Military service
Branch/service United States Army

Freeman Hankins (September 30, 1917 – December 31, 1988) was an American politician and funeral director who served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 7th district from 1969 to 1988.[1] He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Philadelphia county from 1961 to 1968.[2] He was a Democrat.[3]

Early life and education

Hankins was born in Brunswick, Georgia to Oliver and Anna Pyles Hankins. He was African-American. He attended the Friendship School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Selden Institute, and Temple University. He graduated from Dolan's College of Embalming in 1945.

Career

Hankins served in the Medical Corps from 1944 to 1947 and began a career as a funeral director.[4]

He served on the Democratic Committee of Philadelphia's 6th ward and as vice-chairman of Philadelphia's Democratic Committee. He served as a trustee of Lincoln University and the Stephen Smith Geriatric Center.[5]

He died at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in 1988[6][7] and is interred at the Fernwood Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.[8]

References

  1. ^ Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "H"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  2. ^ Cox, Harold. "House Members "H"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  3. ^ "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. April 1965.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Freeman Hankins Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. ^ Black Legislators in Pennsylvania's History 1911-2010 (PDF). p. 29. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  6. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1987-1988" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  7. ^ Campbell, Roy H. (January 2, 1989). "Freeman Hankins, Veteran Legislator". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - FREEMAN HANKINS Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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