Nelson K. Hopkins

Nelson Kerr Hopkins (March 2, 1816 in Williamsville, Erie County – March 2, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of General Timothy Soveral Hopkins (b. ca. 1777) and Nancy Ann (Kerr) Hopkins (d. 1848). Hopkins attended Fredonia Academy and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in preparation for college. He graduated from Union College in 1841, with Phi Beta Kappa honors and became a member of the Kappa Alpha Society there. He married Louise A. Pratt.

In 1865, he was President of the Common Council of Buffalo, New York having been an alderman since 1856. In 1867 he became Collector of Internal Revenue for the 30th District of New York.

He was New York State Comptroller from 1872 to 1875, elected in 1871 and 1873 on the Republican ticket.

Sources

Political Graveyard
New Political Graveyard
Rep. state ticket in NYT on October 31, 1871
Buffalo history

Political offices
Preceded by Asher P. Nichols	New York State Comptroller 1872–1875	Succeeded by Lucius Robinson

New York State Comptrollers

Sands* Curtenius Jones Henry Jenkins McIntyre Savage Marcy S Wright Flagg Cooke Collier Flagg Fillmore Hunt Fuller J Wright Cook Burrows Church Denniston Robinson Hillhouse Allen Nichols Hopkins Robinson Olcott Wadsworth Davenport Chapin Wemple Campbell Roberts Morgan Gilman Knight Miller Kelsey Wilson Glynn Gaus Kelsey* Williams Sohmer Travis Wendell Maier Fleming Murphy Tremaine Yates* O'Leary Moore McGovern Levitt Regan McCall Hevesi Sanzillo* DiNapoli

* as Auditor General, as Auditor, * Acting

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