Truly Hatchett (June 17, 1881 - April 1, 1970) was a real estate investor and state legislator in Maryland. He and

Emery Cole Emory Ryan Cole (September 3, 1893 – August 16, 1968) was a lawyer and state legislator in Maryland. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates. He served in the U.S. military. He graduated from Howard University. He was a Republican. He lost ...

were the first African Americans to serve in the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis ...

. He joined the House on November 2, 1954. He represented Baltimore. He was a Democrat. In 1928, he served as Exalted Ruler of the Monument Lodge of

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. He had two brothers, a half-brother, and three half-sisters.

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