Francis A. Hopkins

Francis Alexander Hopkins (born May 27, 1853 in Jeffersonville , Tazewell County , Virginia , †  June 5, 1918 in Prestonsburg , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1907 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Hopkins attended his homeland public schools including Tazewell High School . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1874, he began to work in this profession in Prestonsburg. At the same time he was also active in agriculture. Between 1882 and 1884 he acted as the state commissioner for the supervision of public schools. In 1890 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Kentucky constitution.

Politically, Hopkins was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1902 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded James Bamford White on March 4, 1903 . After a re-election in 1904, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1907 . In the 1906 election, Hopkins was defeated by Republican John W. Langley . As a result, he worked again as a lawyer and in agriculture. In June 1916, Hopkins was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , where President Woodrow Wilson was nominated for a second term. He died in Prestonsburg on June 5, 1918.

Web links

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• Francis A. Hopkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Francis A. Hopkins in the database of Find a Grave (English)