Nathan T. Hopkins

Nathan Thomas Hopkins (born October 27, 1852 in Ashe County , North Carolina , †  February 11, 1927 in Pikeville , Kentucky ) was an American politician . In 1897 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathan Hopkins was born in North Carolina and soon moved to Pike County , Kentucky. There he attended public schools. Then he started working in agriculture. In 1876 he was ordained a clergyman in the Baptist Church. He served in this church for over 50 years. He was also a tax collector in Floyd County from 1878 to 1890 . Politically, Hopkins became a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1893 and 1894 . He was to return there again between 1923 and 1924.

In the congressional election of 1894, he was defeated as a Republican candidate in the tenth constituency of Kentucky to the Democrat Joseph M. Kendall . Hopkins appealed against the outcome of the election. This was granted on February 18, 1897, three weeks before the end of the legislative period on March 3, 1897. This meant that he could only stay in Congress for those few days . After his brief tenure in the US House of Representatives, Hopkins resumed his previous activities. He worked in agriculture near Yeager . Nathan Hopkins died in Pikeville on February 11, 1927 and was buried in Yeager.

Remarks

1. ↑ According to his congressional biography, he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina at the time. However, this is obviously a mistake, since according to all sources he has lived in Kentucky since his youth.

Web links

• Nathan T. Hopkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nathan T. Hopkins in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard