George Washington Hopkins
George Washington Hopkins | |
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Portrait of Hopkins in 1893 book | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia | |
| In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1847 | |
| Preceded by | John H. Fulton (18th) LaFayette McMullen (13th) |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated (18th) Elbert S. Martin (13th) |
| Constituency | 18th district (1835-43) 13th district (1843-47) |
| In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Fayette McMullen |
| Succeeded by | Elbert S. Martin |
| Constituency | 13th district |
| Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1858–1859 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Lanier Clingman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Corwin |
| Chairman of the House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads | |
| In office 1843 – 1847 | |
| Preceded by | George N. Briggs |
| Succeeded by | William L. Goggin |
| United States Chargé d'Affaires to Portugal | |
| In office November 4, 1847 – October 18, 1849 | |
| President | James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | Abraham Rencher |
| Succeeded by | James Brown Clay |
| Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
| In office 1850 – 1852 | |
| Preceded by | Henry L. Hopkins |
| Succeeded by | Oscar M. Crutchfield |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
| In office 1833 – 1835 | |
| In office 1850–1852 | |
| In office 1860–1861 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 22, 1804 |
| Died | March 1, 1861 (aged 57) |
| Resting place | Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia |
| Party | Democratic (1837–1839; after 1841) Conservative (1839–1841) Jacksonian (1835–1837) |
| Alma mater | Hampden-Sydney College |
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George Washington Hopkins (February 22, 1804 – March 1, 1861) was a nineteenth-century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher.