Hank Wilkins | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 17th[1] district January 1999–January 2001 | |
In office January 2011 – January 2015 | |
Preceded by | Stephanie Flowers |
Succeeded by | Vivian Flowers |
Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 5th district | |
In office January 2003 – January 2011 | |
Preceded by | Jim Hill |
Succeeded by | Stephanie Flowers |
Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 8th district | |
In office January 2001 – January 2003 | |
Succeeded by | Dave Bisbee |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Wilkins IV December 13, 1954 Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Parent(s) | Henry Wilkins III Josetta Wilkins |
Residence(s) | Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
Alma mater | University of Michigan St. Paul Seminary Philander Smith College |
Henry "Hank" Wilkins IV[2] (born December 13, 1954, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He represented District 17 from January 2011 to 2015. Wilkins was consecutively a member of the Arkansas House from January 1999 until January 2001 and the Arkansas Senate from January 2001 until January 2011. He held the District 5 and 8 seats. He was convicted and sentenced for crimes related to bribery.
Wilkins was born on December 13, 1954, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. His parents were Henry Wilkins III, who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1973 to 1991, and Josetta Wilkins, who served in the House from 1991 to 1998. Wilkins earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, his M.Div. from the St. Paul Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, his Ph.D. from Philander Smith College, and his Doctor of Laws from The University of Arkansas System.
Wilkins pled guilty to conspiracy and filing false tax returns in 2017 for accepting $80,000 in bribes in exchange for influencing state legislation.[5][6][7] He was sentenced to one year and a day in prison and ordered to pay $123,000 in restitution.[8]