Albert Cole Hopkins

Albert C. Hopkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	Henry Clay McCormick
Succeeded by	Fred Churchill Leonard
Personal details
Born	September 15, 1837 Villanovia, New York
Died	June 9, 1911 (aged 73) Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Alfred University

Albert Cole Hopkins (September 15, 1837 – June 9, 1911) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Albert C. Hopkins was born in Villanovia, New York (near Jamestown, New York). He graduated from Alfred University in Alfred, New York. He taught school, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Troy, Pennsylvania. In 1867 he moved to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the lumber business.

Hopkins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894. He resumed his lumber manufacturing pursuits, and served as State forestry commissioner from 1899 to 1904. He was a delegate to the 1900 and 1904 Republican National Conventions. He died in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1911. Interment in Highland Cemetery.

Sources

• Albert Cole Hopkins at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Political Graveyard