Education
He attended the common schools and graduated from Owensville Academy.
He attended the common schools and graduated from Owensville Academy.
Hopkins enlisted in Company A, Second Regiment, Maryland Confederate Infantry, during the Civil War and served until he was severely wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. After the war, he settled in Lynchburg, Virginia, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Hopkins was elected as a candidate of the Labor Party to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1888.
Hopkins resumed mercantile pursuits in Lynchburg, Virginia, and died there on January 15, 1914. He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery.
1886. Hopkins was elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 51.55% of the vote, defeating Democrat Samuel Griffin.