Richard Joseph Hopkins

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.

Richard Joseph Hopkins
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
In office December 19, 1929 – August 28, 1943
Appointed by	Herbert Hoover
Preceded by	George Thomas McDermott
Succeeded by	Guy T. Helvering
24th Attorney General of Kansas
In office January 13, 1919 – January 8, 1923
Governor	Henry Justin Allen
Preceded by	Sardius Mason Brewster
Succeeded by	Charles Benjamin Griffith
19th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
In office January 9, 1911 – January 13, 1913
Governor	Walter R. Stubbs
Preceded by	William James Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Sheffield Ingalls
Personal details
Born	Richard Joseph Hopkins (1873-04-04)April 4, 1873 Jefferson City, Missouri
Died	August 28, 1943(1943-08-28) (aged 70) Kansas City, Kansas
Resting place	Highland Park Cemetery Kansas City, Kansas
Education	Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (LL.B.)

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. Richard Joseph Hopkins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. Richard Joseph Hopkins at Find a Grave

Sources

• Richard Joseph Hopkins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Richard Joseph Hopkins at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by William James Fitzgerald	Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1911–1913	Succeeded by Sheffield Ingalls
Legal offices
Preceded by Sardius Mason Brewster	Attorney General of Kansas 1919–1923	Succeeded by Charles Benjamin Griffith
Preceded by George Thomas McDermott	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas 1929–1943	Succeeded by Guy T. Helvering