Albert Cole Hopkins
Albert C. Hopkins | |
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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 |
Villanovia, New York | September 15, 1837
Died |
June 9, 1911 73) Lock Haven, Pennsylvania | (aged
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.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Albert Cole Hopkins (id: H000769)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Political Graveyard
United States House of Representatives | ||
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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 |