Albert Cole Hopkins (September 15, 1837 – June 9, 1911) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Albert C. Hopkins | |
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 Hopkins, photographed by C. M. Bell | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Clay McCormick |
| Succeeded by | Fred Churchill Leonard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1837 Villenova, New York |
| Died | June 9, 1911 (aged 73) Lock Haven, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Alfred University |
Biography
editBorn in Villenova, New York, Hopkins graduated from Alfred University in Alfred, New York. He taught school, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Troy, Pennsylvania. In 1867, he moved to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the lumber business.[3][4]
Hopkins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.[5][6]
He resumed his lumber manufacturing pursuits. Appointed as the state forestry commissioner from 1899 to 1904, Hopkins also served as a delegate to the 1900 and 1904 Republican National Conventions.[7]
Death
editHopkins died in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1911, and was interred in the Highland Cemetery.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (H000769). Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate," retrieved online February 21, 2023.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, December 2022.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," The Political Graveyard.