| LC control no. | no 95032798 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hopkins, Albert J. (Albert Jarvis), 1846-1922 |
| Variant(s) | Hopkins, A. J. (Albert Jarvis), 1846-1922 Hopkins, Mr. (Albert Jarvis), 1846-1922 |
| Birth date | 1846-08-15 |
| Death date | 1922-08-23 |
| Place of birth | Cortland (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Aurora (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Interstate commerce ... 1887: t.p. (Hon. A.J. Hopkins of Illinois) Biog. dir. Am. Cong., 1961 (Hopkins, Albert Jarvis; Republican Representative and Senator from Illinois; b. De Kalb Co., Ill. Aug. 15, 1846; lawyer, Aurora, Ill.; prosecuting attorney of Kane Co., 1872-1876; elected to 49th Congress to fill a vacancy, re-elected to the 50th-57th Congresses, serving from Dec. 7, 1885, to March 3, 1903; elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1909; resumed law practice in Aurora and Chicago; d. Aurora, Ill., Aug. 23, 1922) OCLC, 6/30/95 (hdg.: Hopkins, Albert Jarvis, 1846-1922; usage: Albert J. Hopkins, A. J. Hopkins) Additional clerks for Twelfth Census, etc., 1900: p. 1 (Mr. Hopkins, from the Committee on the Census) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed October 27, 2020 (Hopkins, Albert Jarvis, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born near Cortland, De Kalb County, Ill., August 15, 1846; attended the public schools and graduated from Hillsdale (Mich.) College in 1870; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Aurora, Ill.; prosecuting attorney of Kane County 1872-1876; presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1884; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Reuben Ellwood; reelected to the Fiftieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from December 7, 1885, to March 3, 1903; did not seek renomination, having become a candidate for Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Fisheries (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Sixtieth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Aurora and Chicago, Ill.; died in Aurora, Ill., August 23, 1922; interment in Spring Lake Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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