Albert C. Hopkins Explained

Albert C. Hopkins
State:	Pennsylvania
District:	16th
Term Start:	March 4, 1891
Term End:	March 3, 1895
Preceded:	Henry Clay McCormick
Succeeded:	Fred Churchill Leonard
Birth Date:	15 September 1837
Birth Place:	Villenova, New York
Death Place:	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Party:	Republican
Alma Mater:	Alfred 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]}

Notes and 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.