Albert Cole Hopkins (September 15, 1837 – June 9, 1911) was a Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

Born in Villenova, New York, Hopkins graduated from

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. He taught school, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in

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. In 1867, he moved to

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, where he 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. Appointed as the state forestry commissioner from 1899 to 1904, Hopkins also served as a delegate to the

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and

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Republican National Conventions.

Death

Hopkins died in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1911, and was interred in the Highland Cemetery."Hopkins, Albert Cole," ''The Political Graveyard''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkins, Albert Cole Alfred University alumni 1837 births 1911 deaths People from Clinton County, Pennsylvania People from Chautauqua County, New York Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives