Charles Hatcher (politician)

Charles Floyd Hatcher (born July 1, 1939) is an American politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Georgia.

He was born in Doerun, Georgia and served in the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1962 reaching the rank of Airman Second Class.

Hatcher graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1969, became a member of the state bar, and started practicing law in Albany, Georgia.

Hatcher ran an unsuccessful bid for re-election in 1992, losing the Democratic primary to Sanford Bishop, in part because of the House banking scandal.

He is married to former Deputy Agriculture secretary Krysta Harden.