Benjamin Stephen Hooper Explained

Benjamin Stephen Hooper
State:Virginia
District:4th
Term:March 4, 1883  - March 3, 1885
Preceded:Joseph Jorgensen
Succeeded:James D. Brady
Party:Readjuster
Birth Date:March 6, 1835
Birth Place:Buckingham, Virginia
Death Place:Farmville, Virginia
Resting Place:Westview Cemetery
Farmville, Virginia
Profession:tobacco farmer
Battles:American Civil War
Rank: Captain (CSA)

Benjamin Stephen Hooper (March 6, 1835  - January 17, 1898) was an American farmer and Confederate States Army veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1883 to 1885.

Biography

Born near Buckingham, Virginia, Hooper attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and the manufacture of tobacco.

Civil War

He served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

Congress

Hooper was elected as Readjuster to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883  - March 3, 1885). After leaving Congress, he resumed mercantile pursuits at Farmville, Virginia. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888.

Death and burial

He died in Farmville on January 17, 1898. He was interred in Westview Cemetery.

Electoral history

1882: Hooper was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 75.46% of the vote, defeating Democrat William A. Reese and Republican Tazewell Branch.

References

Retrieved on 2009-03-04