Melville R. Hopewell

Melville Reeves Hopewell (born March 27, 1845 in Monroe County , Indiana , † May 2, 1911 ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1911 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Nebraska .

Career

Melville Hopewell was born in Indiana and lived with his family in the states of Texas , Kansas and Missouri for the following years . He attended the schools in his respective homeland. In 1863 and 1864 he served in the Missouri State Militia, which sided with the Union, during the Civil War . After a subsequent law degree at Indiana Asbury University and his admission to the bar in 1869, he began to work in Tekamah (Nebraska) in this profession. He also got into the banking business and in 1873 founded the first bank in Burt County . Between 1887 and 1896 he was a district judge. He then practiced as a lawyer again. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1875 he took part as a delegate to a constitutional convention of the state of Nebraska; In 1908 he was a substitute delegate to the Republican National Convention , where William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In 1906 Hopewell was elected lieutenant governor of Nebraska alongside George L. Sheldon . He held this office between 1907 and his death on May 2, 1911. He was deputy governor and formal chairman of the state senate .

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SURNAME	Hopewell, Melville R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hopewell, Melville Reeves (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH	Monroe County , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	May 2, 1911