Albert C. Hopkins

For other people named Albert Hopkins, see Albert Hopkins (disambiguation).
Albert C. Hopkins
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 byHenry Clay McCormick
Succeeded byFred Churchill Leonard
Personal details
Born(1837-09-15)September 15, 1837
Villenova, New York
DiedJune 9, 1911(1911-06-09) (aged 73)
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
Alma materAlfred University

Albert Cole Hopkins (September 15, 1837 – June 9, 1911) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Biography

Born 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

Hopkins died in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1911, and was interred in the Highland Cemetery.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, December 2022.
  3. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," The Political Graveyard.
  7. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  9. ^ "Hopkins, Albert Cole," The Political Graveyard.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district
1891-1895 		Succeeded by