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About Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Hopkin's served on the staff of General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Kentucky. Here he served in both the state house and state senate. He served as a Major General of the Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812 and was elected to the 13th Congress as a Democratic-Republican.
Everything about Samuel Hopkins →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, member of the State Senate of Kentucky
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 9, 1753
- Died
- September 16, 1819