Samuel Isaac Hopkins (December 12, 1843 – January 15, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born near Owensville, Maryland, Hopkins moved to Anne Arundel County with his parents, who settled near

Annapolis Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

. He attended the common schools and graduated from Owensville Academy. Hopkins enlisted in Company A, Second Regiment, Maryland Confederate Infantry, during the Civil War and served until he was severely wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. After the war, he settled in

Lynchburg, Virginia Lynchburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch (1740–1820), John Lynch, the city's populati ...

, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Hopkins was elected as a candidate of the Labor Party to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1888. Hopkins resumed mercantile pursuits in

, and died there on January 15, 1914. He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg.

Electoral history

1886; Hopkins was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 51.55% of the vote, defeating Democrat Samuel Griffin.

Notes

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkins, Samuel Isaac 1843 births 1914 deaths Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia People from Anne Arundel County, Maryland People of Maryland in the American Civil War Politicians from Lynchburg, Virginia Confederate States Army personnel Labor Party members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American legislators