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Francis A. Hopkins
A man with wavy, graying hair wearing glasses, a white shirt, light vest, and a dark tie and jacket
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
Preceded byJames Bamford White
Succeeded byJohn W. Langley
Personal details
Born(1853-05-27)May 27, 1853
Jeffersonville, Virginia
DiedJune 5, 1918(1918-06-05) (aged 65)
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionLawyer
SignatureF. A. Hopkins

Francis Alexander Hopkins (May 27, 1853 – June 5, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1903 to 1907.

Biography

Born in Jeffersonville, Virginia, Hopkins attended the public schools and the Tazewell High School. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in November 1874 and commenced practice in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as commissioner of common schools 1882–1884. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1890. According to the 1903 Congressional Directory, "in August, 1890, [Hopkins] was elected as a delegate to represent the counties of Floyd, Knott, and Letcher in the convention which made and published the present constitution of Kentucky".[1]

Congress

Hopkins was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916.

Later career and death

He resumed agricultural pursuits and the practice of law in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, and died there on June 5, 1918. He was interred in Davidson Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ a b "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. pp. 39–40. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byJames B. White Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 10th congressional district March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 (obsolete district) Succeeded byJohn W. Langley
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