Background

Hopwood, Robert Freeman was born on July 24, 1856 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rice Gaddis and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood.

Education

He studied under private teachers. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Uniontown.

Career

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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.

Politics

Every human being regardless of its race, gender or sexual orientation should have all human and civil rights.

Views

Anyone may appear in hardship and poverty. Never give up in pursuit of happiness and one day you will find yourself in the right place, where God gives the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association President Uniontown Hospital Association, 1904-1919. Mason (32°).; Club: Uniontown Country.

Connections

Married Emma S. Miller, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1880.

father:

Rice Gaddis Hopwood

mother:

Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood

spouse:

Emma S. Miller