Benjamin Stephen Hooper
Benjamin Stephen Hooper | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Jorgensen |
Succeeded by | James D. Brady |
Personal details | |
Born | Buckingham, Virginia | March 6, 1835
Died | January 17, 1898 Farmville, Virginia | (aged 62)
Resting place | Westview Cemetery[1] Farmville, Virginia |
Political party | Readjuster |
Profession | tobacco farmer |
Military service | |
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Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Benjamin Stephen Hooper (March 6, 1835 – January 17, 1898) was an American farmer and Confederate States Army veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1883 to 1885.
Biography
[edit]Born near Buckingham, Virginia, Hooper attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and the manufacture of tobacco.
Civil War
[edit]He served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
Congress
[edit]Hooper was elected as Readjuster to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). After leaving Congress, he resumed mercantile pursuits at Farmville, Virginia. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888.
Death and burial
[edit]He died in Farmville on January 17, 1898. He was interred in Westview Cemetery.
Electoral history
[edit]1882: Hooper was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 75.46% of the vote, defeating Democrat William A. Reese and Republican Tazewell Branch.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Benjamin Stephen Hooper". Find A Grave. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Capt Benjamin S Hooper". The Farmville Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "Benjamin Stephen Hooper (id: H000763)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-04
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- Confederate States Army soldiers
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War
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- Burials in Virginia
- People from Buckingham, Virginia
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