Benjamin F. Hopkins

Benjamin Franklin Hopkins ( born April 22, 1829 in Hebron, Washington County, New York, † January 1, 1870 in Madison, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1870 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Benjamin Hopkins attended the common schools and worked as a clerk in the telegraph service. In 1849 he moved to Madison, Wisconsin. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1856 and 1857 he acted as private secretary to Governor Coles Bashford. In the years 1862 and 1863 he sat in the Senate of Wisconsin; In 1866 he became a deputy in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

In the congressional elections of 1866, Hopkins was the second electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ithamar Sloan on March 4, 1867. After a re-election in 1868, he could remain until his death on January 1, 1870 in Congress. This time was determined by the tensions between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a nearly failed impeachment proceedings against the head of state. In 1868 the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted. Since 1869, Hopkins was the chairman of the committee that dealt with the management of state property.