Benjamin Stephen Hooper

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Benjamin Stephen Hooper (born March 6, 1835 in Buckingham , Buckingham County , Virginia , †  January 17, 1898 in Farmville , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Hooper attended public schools in his home country and then worked in retail and the tobacco industry. During the Civil War he served in the Confederation Army . After the war he continued his previous activities and embarked on a political career as a member of the short-lived Readjuster Party . In the congressional election of 1882 , Hooper was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Joseph Jorgensen on March 4, 1883 . Until March 3, 1885, he could only serve one term in Congress .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, he resumed his previous work. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In June 1888 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate. Benjamin Hooper died in Farmville on January 17, 1898.

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SURNAME Hooper, Benjamin Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH near Buckingham , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1898
Place of death Farmville , Virginia