Albert Jarvis Hopkins | |
Jr/Sr: | United States Senator |
State: | Illinois |
Term Start: | March 4, 1903 |
Term End: | March 3, 1909 |
Predecessor: | William E. Mason |
Successor: | William Lorimer |
Office1: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois |
Constituency1: | (18851895) (18951903) |
Term Start1: | December 7, 1885 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1903 |
Predecessor1: | Reuben Ellwood |
Successor1: | William F. Mahoney |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1846 |
Birth Place: | Cortland, Illinois |
Death Place: | Aurora, Illinois |
Party: | Republican |
Signature: | Signature of Albert Jarvis Hopkins (1846–1922).png |
Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846.[1] He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora.
He married Emma Stolp on September 9, 1873, and they had four children.[1]
He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight full terms, serving from 1885 through 1903. In 1903, he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate.[2] His reelection bid in 1908 was unsuccessful and he returned to practice law in Aurora.
He died at his home in Aurora on August 23, 1922.[3]