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Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a
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from
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.


Biography

Hopkins was born near
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on August 15, 1846. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in
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. He married Emma Stolp on September 9, 1873, and they had four children. 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
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. His reelection bid in 1908 was unsuccessful and he returned to practice law in Aurora. He died at his home in Aurora on August 23, 1922.


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* * 1846 births 1922 deaths People from Cortland, Illinois Hillsdale College alumni Illinois lawyers Republican Party United States senators from Illinois Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois 19th-century American lawyers {{Illinois-politician-stub