Stephen T. Hopkins

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Stephen Tyng Hopkins (March 25, 1849–March 31, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New York City, Hopkins attended the Anthon Grammar School in New York City. He was an iron merchant and broker. He moved to Catskill, New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Greene Co.) in 1885 and 1886. He was connected with several coal and iron syndicates in West Virginia and Tennessee.

Hopkins was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889). He was Watchman in the customhouse in New York City from April 9 to August 15, 1890, when he resigned. He was found dead by a train crew alongside the railroad tracks near Pleasantville, adjacent to Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 3, 1892. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Source

Stephen T. Hopkins at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by James Girard Lindsley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th congressional district 1887–1889	Succeeded by Charles J. Knapp

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Name	Hopkins, Stephen Tyng
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1849
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Date of death	1892
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