Samuel Hopkins (congressman)
Samuel Hopkins | |
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.jpg) Oil on canvas painting of Samuel Hopkins | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Clay |
| Succeeded by | Alney McLean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9, 1753 Major General |
| Unit | 10th Virginia Regiment |
| Commands | Commander in chief of the Western Frontier |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War War of 1812 |
Samuel Hopkins (April 9, 1753 – September 16, 1819) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle County in the Virginia Colony, Hopkins was educated by private tutors. He served in the Revolutionary War, for a while on the staff of General Washington, and later as lieutenant colonel and colonel of the Tenth Virginia Regiment. He was an original member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati.
In 1796, Hopkins moved to Kentucky and settled on the Ohio River in 1797 at a point then called Red Banks, now called Henderson, Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. Hopkins was appointed chief justice of the first court of criminal common law and chancery jurisdiction in 1799, and served until his resignation in 1801. Hopkins served as a member of the State house of representatives in 1800, 1801, and 1803–1806. He later served in the
In 1812, Hopkins was appointed Commander in Chief of the western frontier (
Hopkins was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1814. Samuel Hopkins retired to his country estate, Spring Garden, near Henderson, Kentucky, and died there September 16, 1819. He was interred in the family burying ground at Spring Garden.
References
- United States Congress. "Samuel Hopkins (id: H000778)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 288. Retrieved November 10, 2008.
