Albert Jarvis Hopkins | |
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United States Senator from Illinois |
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In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 |
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Preceded by | William E. Mason |
Succeeded by | William Lorimer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
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Preceded by | Robert A. Childs |
Succeeded by | William F. Mahoney |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district |
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In office December 7, 1885 – March 3, 1895 |
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Preceded by | Reuben Ellwood |
Succeeded by | George E. White |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cortland, Illinois |
August 15, 1846
Died | August 23, 1922 Aurora, Illinois |
(aged 76)
Political party | Republican |
Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846 – August 23, 1922) was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. 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. His reelection bid in 1909 was unsuccessful and he returned to practice law in Aurora.