John Patrick Hopkins

For other people with the same name, see John Hopkins.

John Patrick Hopkins
35th[1] Mayor of Chicago
In office
December 27, 1893 – April 8, 1895
Preceded byGeorge Bell Swift (acting)
Succeeded byGeorge Bell Swift
Personal details
Born(1858-10-29)October 29, 1858
Buffalo, New York, US
DiedOctober 13, 1918(1918-10-13) (aged 59)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Political partyDemocratic
Signature

John Patrick Hopkins (October 29, 1858 – October 13, 1918) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1893–1895) for the Democratic Party. John Patrick Hopkins was the first of nine Irish American Catholic mayors of Chicago.[2]

Hopkins was a close friend and a political ally of Roger Charles Sullivan.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Chicago Mayors". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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  3. ^ Morton, Richard Allen (June 29, 2016). Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881-1908. McFarland. ISBN 9781476663777. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
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