John Patrick Hopkins
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Hopkins was a close friend and a political ally of Roger Charles Sullivan.[3][4]
Early life
Hopkins was born October 29, 1858, in Buffalo, New York.[2]
Career
Because his brothers and father died when Hopkins was still young,[5] he became a provider for his family.[5] His first job at a foundry as a boy.[5] He later worked in Buffalo's grain elevators.[5]
In 1879, he moved to Chicago with his mother and sisters.[5]
He worked for some times at the Pullman works.[5] From 1883 to 1885 he served as a paymaster for Pullman interests.[5]
In 1888, he founded the Arcade Trading Co., which later became the Secord and Hopkins Co.[2]
Hopkins forged a career in Democratic politics.[3]
Mayoralty
Hopkins was elected the 1893 Chicago mayoral special election, which was held after the assassination of mayor Carter Harrison Sr.
At 35 years of age when he took office, Hopkins became the youngest mayor the city had ever had.[4][6][7][5]
His tenure was marred by numerous scandals, criticisms, and shortcomings. This included incidents of political corruption in the city, such as the Ogden Gas Scandal, rampant public gambling that drew the ire of the Chicago Civic Federation, an indecisive response by Hopkins to the Pullman Strike that was assailed by Republican press outlets.[6][4] Additionally, the misappropriation of significant amounts of campaign contributions by Hopkins had upset many in the Chicago Democratic party, including those who belonged to the party's former Harrison faction.[4]
Hopkins did not seek reelection in the 1895 Chicago mayoral election
Post-mayoralty
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Hopkins died of the Spanish flu on October 13, 1918, in Chicago.[2] He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.[2]
Personal life
Hopkins never married.[2]
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- 1858 births
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- 19th-century mayors of places in Illinois
- Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in Illinois
- Politicians from Buffalo, New York
- Mayors of Chicago
- American Roman Catholics
- American people of Irish descent
- Illinois Democrats
- St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute alumni
- Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)