Albert Cole Hopkins

For other people named Albert Hopkins, see Albert Hopkins (disambiguation).
Albert C. Hopkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1891  March 3, 1895
Preceded by Henry Clay McCormick
Succeeded by Fred Churchill Leonard
Personal details
Born (1837-09-15)September 15, 1837
Villanovia, New York
Died June 9, 1911(1911-06-09) (aged 73)
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Political 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.

Biography

Albert C. Hopkins was born in Villanovia, New York (near Jamestown, New York). He 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, and engaged in the lumber business.

Hopkins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894. He resumed his lumber manufacturing pursuits, and served as State forestry commissioner from 1899 to 1904. He was a delegate to the 1900 and 1904 Republican National Conventions. He died in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1911. Interment in Highland Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Henry C. McCormick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

1891-1895
Succeeded by
Fred C. Leonard


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