samuel, hopkins, similarly, named, people, samuel, hopkins, samuel, miles, hopkins, 1772, march, 1837, united, states, representative, from, york, born, salem, connecticut, graduated, from, yale, college, 1791, studied, admitted, commenced, practice, genesee, . For similarly named people see Samuel Hopkins Samuel Miles Hopkins May 9 1772 March 9 1837 was a United States Representative from New York Born in Salem Connecticut he graduated from Yale College in 1791 studied law was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Le Roy Genesee County New York in 1793 He moved to New York City in 1794 and continued the practice of law Samuel Miles Hopkins From a painting by John Trumbull Hopkins was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress holding office from March 4 1813 to March 3 1815 He was a member of the New York State Assembly Genesee Co in 1820 21 and of the New York State Senate Western D in 1822 From 1813 to 1826 he was Reporter of the New York Court of Chancery He was a member of the commission to superintend the construction of Sing Sing Prison from 1825 to 1830 and was a judge of the State circuit court 1832 to 1836 Hopkins died in Geneva Ontario County in 1837 interment was in Washington Street Cemetery References EditUnited States Congress Samuel M Hopkins id H000780 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress External links EditSamuel M Hopkins at Find a GraveU S House of RepresentativesNew district Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 21st congressional district1813 1815 with Nathaniel W Howell Succeeded byMicah Brooks Peter B Porter This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel M Hopkins amp oldid 1097012314, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
