Background
Hopwood, Robert Freeman was born on July 24, 1856 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rice Gaddis and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood.
United States representative lawyer politician
Hopwood, Robert Freeman was born on July 24, 1856 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rice Gaddis and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood.
He studied under private teachers. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Uniontown.
He was chairman of the Republican county committee. He served as attorney for Uniontown Borough from 1881 to 1891, solicitor of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from 1894 to 1912, and president of the Uniontown Hospital from 1905 to 1920. Hopwood was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916.
He resumed the practice of law in Uniontown. He died at his winter home in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida.
Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.
Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association President Uniontown Hospital Association, 1904-1919. Mason (32°).; Club: Uniontown Country.
Married Emma South. Miller, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1880.