Benjamin F. Hopkins | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1867 – January 1, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | Ithamar Sloan |
| Succeeded by | David Atwood |
| Member of theWisconsin Senate from the26th district | |
| In office January 1, 1862 – January 1, 1864 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Sweat |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Hood |
| Member of theWisconsin State Assembly from theDane 5th district | |
| In office January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1867 | |
| Preceded by | James Ross |
| Succeeded by | Eleazer Wakeley |
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| Born | Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (1829-04-22)April 22, 1829 Granville, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 1870(1870-01-01) (aged 40) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
| Party | Republican |
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Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (April 22, 1829 – January 1, 1870) was an American politician and telegraph operator. He was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives for the last three years of his life from 1867 to 1870.
Earlier he had served one term each in theWisconsin State Senate andWisconsin State Assembly, and had worked as a private secretary toWisconsin GovernorColes Bashford.
Born inGranville, New York,[1][2] Hopkins attended the common schools as a child and later became atelegraph operator.[2]
He moved toFond du Lac, Wisconsin, and then toMadison, Wisconsin, in 1849,[2] and served as a private secretary toGovernorColes Bashford in 1856 and 1857.[1] He was exonerated of involvement in theBashford railroad scandal in 1860.[2] He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate in 1862 and 1863 and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1866.
Hopkins was elected aRepublican to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1866 as part of the40th United States Congress, representingWisconsin's 2nd congressional district. He was reelected to the41st Congress and served from 1867 until his death. There, he served as chairman of theCommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds from 1869 to 1870.
He died inMadison, Wisconsin, on January 1, 1870, following an attack of paralysis.[1][2] He was interred inForest Hill Cemetery inMadison, Wisconsin.
His death created a vacancy in congress that was filled byDavid Atwood for the remainder of the 41st Congress.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1867 – January 1, 1870 | Succeeded by |
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| Note | * Alternately namedPublic Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses andPublic Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses. | |
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