George Washington Hopkins
Portrait of Hopkins in 1893 book
Member of theVirginia House of Delegates fromWashington County
In office 1860–1861
In office 1850–1852
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's13th district
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	LaFayette McMullen
Succeeded by	Elbert S. Martin
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	William Smith
Succeeded by	Andrew S. Fulton
Chairman of theHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs
In office 1858–1859
Preceded by	Thomas Lanier Clingman
Succeeded by	Thomas Corwin
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office 1850 – 1852
Preceded by	Henry L. Hopkins
Succeeded by	Oscar M. Crutchfield
United StatesChargé d'Affaires to Portugal
In office November 4, 1847 – October 18, 1849
President	James K. Polk
Preceded by	Abraham Rencher
Succeeded by	James Brown Clay
Chairman of theHouse Committee on Post Office and Post Roads
In office 1843 – 1847
Preceded by	George N. Briggs
Succeeded by	William L. Goggin
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's18th district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	John H. Fulton
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates fromRussell County
In office 1833 – 1835
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	William Jessee
Personal details
Born	February 22, 1804 Goochland County, Virginia
Died	March 1, 1861(1861-03-01) (aged 57) Richmond, Virginia
Resting place	Sinking Spring Cemetery,Abingdon, Virginia
Party	Democratic (1837–1839; after 1841) Conservative (1839–1841) Jacksonian (1835–1837)
Alma mater	Hampden-Sydney College
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George Washington Hopkins (February 22, 1804 – March 1, 1861) was a nineteenth-century United States politician,diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher.

Born inGoochland County, Virginia near Goochland Court House to the Episcopal minister Charles Hopkins, Hopkins attended the common schools as a child.^[1] He later taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834, commencing practice inLebanon, Virginia. He was a member of theVirginia House of Delegates from 1833 to 1835 and was elected aJacksonianDemocrat andConservative to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1834, serving from 1835 to 1847. There, Hopkins served as chairman of theCommittee on Post Office and Post Roads from 1843 to 1847.

PresidentJames Knox Polk appointed Hopkins asChargé d'affaires to Portugal in 1847; he served as until 1849. He returned to the House of Delegates asSpeaker succeeding his brotherHenry L. Hopkins from 1850 to 1852 and was a member of theVirginia Constitutional Convention in 1850 and 1851. He served as judge of thecircuit court of Washington, D.C. and other counties and was elected back to the House of Representatives in 1856, serving again from 1857 to 1859. There, he served as chairman of theCommittee on Foreign Affairs from 1857 to 1859. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1858 and resumed practicing law inAbingdon, Virginia.

Hopkins served in the House of Delegates for a third time from 1859 until his death inRichmond, Virginia on March 1, 1861. He was interred in Sinking Spring Cemetery in Abingdon.

• Jamerson, Bruce F., Clerk of the House of Delegates, supervising (2007).Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-2007.Richmond, Virginia: Virginia House of Delegates.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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• Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates
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• Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal
• Politicians from Abingdon, Virginia
• People from Goochland County, Virginia
• Conservative Party of Virginia United States representatives
• 19th-century American diplomats
• Jacksonian United States representatives from Virginia
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