Benjamin F. Hopkins
Appearance
Benjamin F. Hopkins | |
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Member of the 26th district | |
In office January 1, 1862 – January 1, 1864 | |
Preceded by | John B. Sweat |
Succeeded by | Thomas Hood |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 5th district | |
In office January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1867 | |
Preceded by | James Ross |
Succeeded by | Eleazer Wakeley |
Personal details | |
Born | Benjamin Franklin Hopkins April 22, 1829 Granville, New York |
Died | January 1, 1870 Milwaukee, Wisconsin | (aged 40)
Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican |
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Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (April 22, 1829 – January 1, 1870) was an American politician and telegraph operator. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the last three years of his life from 1867 to 1870.
Earlier he had served one term each in the
Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly, and had worked as a private secretary to Wisconsin Governor Coles Bashford
.
Biography
Born in Granville, New York,[1][2] Hopkins attended the common schools as a child and later became a telegraph operator.[2]
Early political career
He moved to
Governor Coles Bashford in 1856 and 1857.[1] He was exonerated of involvement in the Bashford railroad scandal in 1860.[2]
He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate in 1862 and 1863 and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1866.
Congress
Hopkins was elected a
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
from 1869 to 1870.
Death and burial
He died in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 1, 1870, following an attack of paralysis.[1][2] He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin.
His death created a vacancy in congress that was filled by David Atwood for the remainder of the 41st Congress.
See also
References
External links
- United States Congress. "Benjamin F. Hopkins (id: H000771)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Benjamin F. Hopkins at Find a Grave
- Atwood, David (1872). Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Atwood & Culver. pp. 71–86. Retrieved June 1, 2015.