Albert J. Hopkins

Albert Jarvis Hopkins (* August 15, 1846 at Cortland, DeKalb County, Illinois; † August 23, 1922 in Aurora, Illinois ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Illinois in both chambers of Congress.

After attending the public schools Albert Hopkins made ​​in 1870, graduated from college in Hillsdale (Michigan). He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Aurora. From 1872 to 1876 he held the office of the prosecutor in Kane County.

Politically, Hopkins was the first act to the extent of the presidential election in 1884, when he joined the Electoral College belonged to the Republicans. The choice did not win in Illinois victorious James G. Blaine, but the Democrat Grover Cleveland. The following year, Hopkins was elected as successor to the late Reuben Ellwood House of Representatives of the United States, where he remained after eight-time confirmation of 7 December 1885 to 3 March 1903.

To the re-election, Albert Hopkins applied not after had stood as candidates for the U.S. Senate he Republicans. He decided the election for himself and served until 1909 as a Senator; the re-election attempt, he failed in his inner-party opponents William Lorimer. As a result, he again worked as a lawyer in Chicago and Aurora, where he died in August 1922.