Benjamin Stephen Hooper (March 6, 1835 – January 17, 1898) was an American farmer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1883 to 1885.
Biography
Born near Buckingham, 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). After leaving Congress, 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.
Electoral history
1882: Hooper was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 75.46% of the vote, defeating Democrat William A. Reese and Republican Tazewell Branch.
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1835 births
1898 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Confederate States Army soldiers People of Virginia in the American Civil War Readjuster Party members of the United States House of Representatives Readjuster Party politicians 19th-century American politicians Burials in Virginia People from Buckingham, Virginia