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Richard Joseph Hopkins
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
In office
December 19, 1929 – August 28, 1943
Appointed byHerbert Hoover
Preceded byGeorge Thomas McDermott
Succeeded byGuy T. Helvering
24th Kansas Attorney General
In office
January 13, 1919 – January 8, 1923
GovernorHenry Justin Allen
Preceded bySardius Mason Brewster
Succeeded byCharles Benjamin Griffith
19th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
In office
January 9, 1911 – January 13, 1913
GovernorWalter R. Stubbs
Preceded byWilliam James Fitzgerald
Succeeded bySheffield Ingalls
Personal details
Born(1873-04-04)April 4, 1873
Jefferson City, Missouri
DiedAugust 28, 1943(1943-08-28) (aged 70)
Kansas City, Kansas
Resting placeHighland Park Cemetery
Kansas City, Kansas
EducationNorthwestern University Pritzker School of Law (LL.B.)

Richard Joseph Hopkins (April 4, 1873 – August 28, 1943) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

Education and career

Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Hopkins received a Bachelor of Laws from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1901. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 to 1906, and in Garden City, Kansas from 1906 to 1913. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1909, and was thereafter the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, from 1911 to 1912 serving under Governor Walter R. Stubbs. Hopkins was a city attorney of Garden City from 1913 to 1918. He was the Kansas Attorney General from 1919 to 1923. He was an associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from 1923 to 1929.[1]

Federal judicial service

On October 17, 1929, Hopkins was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas vacated by Judge George Thomas McDermott. Hopkins was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 1929, and received his commission the same day. Hopkins served in that capacity until his death on August 28, 1943 in Kansas City, Kansas.[1][2] He was interred in Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Richard Joseph Hopkins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ a b Richard Joseph Hopkins at Find a Grave Edit this at Wikidata

Sources

Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
1911–1913 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Kansas
1919–1923 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
1929–1943 		Succeeded by
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