Senator Frank M. Hopkins View All Years

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Frank M. Hopkins

Guthrie County

FRANK M. HOPKINS was born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, March 8, 1854, and died at Guthrie Center, Iowa, May 2, 1924. He was a son of John Y. and Mary (Needham) Hopkins, and was with them in their removal to Guthrie Center in 1869. He was graduated from public school at Guthrie Center and in 1872 entered the State University of Iowa, remained there three years, then returned home and engagd in farming. In 1880 he was elected clerk of the district court for Guthrie County and by reason of re-elections he served eight years, or until January, 1889. Before he left the clerk’s office he led in organizing the Guthrie State Bank and became its president, and when he left the office he entered actively on a banking career. At the time of his death he was president of the Peoples State Bank of Guthrie Center and was a director in banks in several nearby towns. He served two terms as mayor of Guthrie Center and in 1899 was elected senator and was re-elected in 1903, serving inclusively from the Twenty-eighth to the Thirty-second general assemblies. He was a useful and influential member of the Senate and for years was a real leader in Republican politics in his part of the state.

Senate District 17