John Patrick Hopkins
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Other people|otherPeople}} Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Politician John Patrick Hopkins (October 29, 1858Template:Spaced ndashOctober 13, 1918) was American politician who served as the 35th mayor of Chicago from 1893 to 1895.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A member of the Democratic Party, Hopkins was the first of nine Irish American Catholic mayors of Chicago.<ref name="CPL"/>
Hopkins was a close friend and a political ally of Roger Charles Sullivan.<ref name=sullivan>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=kingofclark/>
Early lifeEdit
Hopkins was born October 29, 1858, in Buffalo, New York.<ref name="CPL"/>
CareerEdit
Because his brothers and father died when Hopkins was still young,<ref name=verlag/> he became a provider for his family.<ref name=verlag/> His first job at a foundry as a boy.<ref name=verlag/> He later worked in Buffalo's grain elevators.<ref name=verlag/>
In 1879, he moved to Chicago with his mother and sisters.<ref name=verlag/>
He worked for some times at the Pullman works.<ref name=verlag/> From 1883 to 1885 he served as a paymaster for Pullman interests.<ref name=verlag/>
In 1888, he founded the Started the Arcade Trading Co. in 1888, which later became the Secord and Hopkins Co.<ref name="CPL"/>
Hopkins forged a career in Democratic politics.<ref name=sullivan/>
MayoraltyEdit
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.<ref name=kingofclark/><ref name=shakedown1/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=verlag>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref name=shakedown1>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=kingofclark>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name=kingofclark/>
Hopkins did not seek reelection in the 1895 Chicago mayoral election
Post-mayoraltyEdit
Hopkins died of the Spanish flu on October 13, 1918, in Chicago.<ref name="CPL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.<ref name="CPL"/>
Personal lifeEdit
Hopkins never married.<ref name="CPL"/>