Stephen T. Hopkins
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Stephen Tyng Hopkins
| image = Stephen T. Hopkins (New York Congressman).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Weekly Republican-Traveler (Arkansas City, KS), August 2, 1888
| state1 = New York
| district1 = 17th
| term_start1 = March 4, 1887
| term_end1 = March 3, 1889
| predecessor1 = James G. Lindsley
| successor1 = Charles J. Knapp
| assembly2 = New York State
| constituency_AM2 = Greene County
| term_start2 = 1885
| term_end2 = 1886
| predecessor2 = Bradley S. McCabe
| successor2 = Francis G. Walters
| birth_date = {{birth date|1849|3|25}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1892|3|3|1849|3|25}}
| death_place = Pleasantville, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_cause = Suicide by poisoning/overdose
| resting_place = Green-Wood Cemetery
| party = Republican
}}
Stephen Tyng Hopkins (March 25, 1849 – March 3, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Early life and career
Born in New York City, Hopkins attended the Anthon Grammar School and became an iron merchant and broker.
He later moved to Catskill, and was connected with several coal and iron syndicates in West Virginia and Tennessee.
Hopkins served in the New York Militia, and was Adjutant of New York's 86th Infantry Regiment.New York Adjutant General, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vHcbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA256 Annual Report], 1868, page 256
In 1871, Hopkins married Mary Warner Munn, (died January 28, 1887).New York Evening Telegram, [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201871%20Oct%20-%201872%20Apr%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201871%20Oct%20-%201872%20Apr%20Grayscale%20-%200318.pdf Fashionable Gossip: Wedding notice, Stephen T. Hopkins and Mary W. Munn], November 16, 1871The Churchman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LGogAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA180 Death notice, Mary Warner Munn Hopkins], February 12, 1887New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/01/30/103131911.pdf Death notice, Mary Warner Munn Hopkins], January 30, 1887 Their children included Louis Davis Hopkins (born January 24, 1874), a New York City businessman.Who's Who Publications, Inc., [https://books.google.com/books?id=o0sWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA536 Who's Who in New York (City and State)], Issue 7, 1918, page 536
A Republican, he was a member of the New York State Assembly (Greene County) in 1885 and 1886. As an Assemblyman he was identified with the Stalwart Republicans, and was accused of using some of his children's inheritance to buy legislators' votes for Levi P. Morton during the 1887 election to succeed Warner Miller.The Olean Democrat, [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/9064245/ A Political Debt], August 14, 1890
Hopkins was elected to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889). During his congressional term, there were reports that he was behaving erratically, and observers presumed that he was mentally ill or drinking excessively in response to the death of his wife.New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/03/07/104120445.pdf Stephen T. Hopkins' Record], March 7, 1892
After leaving Congress, he was a Watchman in the New York Custom House from April to August 1890.
Death and burial
He was found dead by a train crew alongside the railroad tracks near Pleasantville, adjacent to Atlantic City, New Jersey on March 3, 1892. He had apparently traveled to Atlantic City following medical treatment for alcoholism at a facility in White Plains, New York.The Highland Democrat, [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2015/Peekskill%20NY%20Highland%20Democrat/Peekskill%20NY%20Highland%20Democrat%201891-1892/Peekskill%20NY%20Highland%20Democrat%201891-1892%20-%200495.pdf Hopkins' Sad Ending: An Ex-Congressman Found Dead After Trying the Keeley Cure], March 5, 1892 The circumstances of his death were unclear, although observers indicated that based on the condition of his body when it was found, he did not appear to have fallen or been thrown from a train.New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/03/04/104119605.pdf Mr. S. T. Hopkins Found Dead], March 4, 1892 Because he had not been robbed and there were no signs that he had been murdered, Hopkins was presumed to have committed suicide by poison or drug overdose because of business reverses and alcoholism.Philadelphia Times, [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/52503689/ The Body of a Man Discovered Near Pleasantville, N.J. A Probable Suicide], March 4, 1892
He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
References
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External links
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- {{Find a Grave|3890}}
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html Stephen T. Hopkins] at [http://politicalgraveyard.com/ The Political Graveyard]
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Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives