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Robert Freeman Hopwood (July 24, 1856 – March 1, 1940) was a Republican member of the
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Biography

Robert F. Hopwood was born in
Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown is the largest city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 9,984 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, southeast of Pittsburgh. History southeast of ...
. He studied under private teachers. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Uniontown. He was chairman of the Republican county committee. He served as attorney for Uniontown Borough from 1881 to 1891, solicitor of
Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland and West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,804. Its county seat is Uniontown. The county wa ...
, from 1894 to 1912, and president of the Uniontown Hospital from 1905 to 1920. Hopwood was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
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. He resumed the practice of law in Uniontown. He died at his winter home in
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. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.


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1856 births 1940 deaths Politicians from Fayette County, Pennsylvania People from Uniontown, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania lawyers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub