title: Albert J. Hopkins
text: # Albert J. Hopkins
  
  Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846 – August 23, 1922) was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora.
  
  He married Emma Stolp on September 9, 1873, and they had four children.
  
  He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight full terms, serving from 1885 through 1903. In 1903, he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate. His reelection bid in 1908 was unsuccessful and he returned to practice law in Aurora.
  
  He died at his home in Aurora on August 23, 1922.
  
  