John Patrick Hopkins

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John Patrick Hopkins
35th Mayor of Chicago
In office
December 27, 1893 – April 8, 1895
Preceded byCarter Harrison Sr.
George Bell Swift (acting)
Succeeded byGeorge Bell Swift
Personal details
Born(1858-10-29)October 29, 1858
Buffalo, New York, US
DiedOctober 13, 1918(1918-10-13) (aged 59)
Chicago, Illinois, US
PartyDemocratic
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John Patrick Hopkins (October 29, 1858 – October 13, 1918) was an American politician who served as the 35th mayor of Chicago from 1893 to 1895. A member of the Democratic Party, Hopkins was the first of nine Irish American Catholic mayors of Chicago.

Hopkins was a close friend and a political ally of Roger Charles Sullivan.

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