Benjamin F. Hopkins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1867 – January 1, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | Ithamar Sloan |
| Succeeded by | David Atwood |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 26th district | |
| In office January 1, 1862 – January 1, 1864 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Sweat |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Hood |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 5th district | |
| In office January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1867 | |
| Preceded by | James Ross |
| Succeeded by | Eleazer Wakeley |
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| Born | Benjamin Franklin Hopkins April 22, 1829 Granville, New York |
| Died | January 1, 1870 (aged 40) Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Republican |
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Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (April 22, 1829 – January 1, 1870) was an American politician and telegraph operator. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the last three years of his life from 1867 to 1870.
Earlier he had served one term each in the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly, and had worked as a private secretary to Wisconsin Governor Coles Bashford.