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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckySamuel HOPKINS
(1753-1819)
HOPKINS, Samuel, a
Representative from Kentucky; born in Albemarle County, Va., April
9, 1753; educated by private tutors; served in the Revolutionary
War for a while on the staff of General Washington and later as
lieutenant colonel and colonel of the Tenth Virginia Regiment;
moved to Kentucky in 1796 and settled on the Ohio River in 1797 at
a point then called Red Banks; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and practiced; appointed chief justice of the first court of
criminal common law and chancery jurisdiction in 1799 and served
until his resignation in 1801; member of the State house of
representatives in 1800, 1801, and 1803-1806; served in the State
senate 1809-1813; appointed in 1812 commander in chief, with title
of major general, of the western frontier (Illinois and Indiana
Territory); elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress
(March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1814; retired to his country estate, “Spring
Garden,” near Henderson, Ky., and died there September 16,
1819; interment in the family burying ground at “Spring
Garden.”
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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