Benjamin Stephen Hooper
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Benjamin Stephen Hooper was a U.S. Representative
from Virginia
.
, Hooper attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and the manufacture of tobacco
. He served in the Confederate States Army
during the Civil War
.
Hooper was elected as Readjuster
to the Forty-eighth
Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). He resumed mercantile pursuits at Farmville, Virginia
. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention
in 1888. He died in Farmville on January 17, 1898. He was interred in the Farmville Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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Biography
Born near Buckingham, VirginiaBuckingham, Virginia
Buckingham is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Buckingham County, Virginia, United States...
, Hooper attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and the manufacture of tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
. He served in the Confederate States Army
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
during the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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Hooper was elected as Readjuster
Readjuster Party
The Readjuster Party was a political coalition formed in Virginia in the late 1870s during the turbulent period following the American Civil War. Readjusters aspired "to break the power of wealth and established privilege" and to promote public education, a program which attracted biracial support....
to the Forty-eighth
48th United States Congress
The Forty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1883 to March 4, 1885, during the last two years...
Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). He resumed mercantile pursuits at Farmville, Virginia
Farmville, Virginia
Farmville is a town in Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 6,845 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Prince Edward County....
. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention
Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. Convened by the Republican National Committee, the stated purpose of the convocation is to nominate an official candidate in an upcoming U.S...
in 1888. He died in Farmville on January 17, 1898. He was interred in the Farmville Cemetery.