Samuel Miles Hopkins from painting by John Trumbull

Samuel Miles Hopkins (May 9, 1772March 9, 1837) was a

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from New York. Born in Salem, Connecticut, he graduated from

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in 1791, studied law, was admitted to the

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and commenced practice in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York in 1793. He moved to

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in 1794 and continued the practice of law. Hopkins was elected as a

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to the Thirteenth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815. He was a member of the

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(Genesee Co.) in 1820-21; and of the

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(Western D.) in

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. From 1813 to 1826, he was Reporter of the New York Court of Chancery. He was a member of the commission to superintend the construction of

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Prison from 1825 to 1830 and was a judge of the State circuit court 1832 to 1836. Hopkins died in Geneva, Ontario County in 1837; interment was in

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