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Robert Freeman Hopwood (July 24, 1856 – March 1, 1940) was a
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member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
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Biography

Robert F. Hopwood was born in
Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh Region. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census, down from 12,422 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and ...
. 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 People from Fayette County, Pennsylvania People from Uniontown, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania lawyers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub