About Henry J. Hopper
Lived 1830 – 1905 (aged 75). Henry J. Hopper was an American politician.
Henry J. Hopper (1830–1905) was the 21st Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from May 6, 1878, to May 2, 1880.
Biography Hopper was born in 1830 in New Jersey. He married Margaret Stagg Mount on April 3, 1855. They had three children; Sophronia, Arthur and Marian. He became a steel merchant with the Crucible Steel Company of New York City. A Democrat, he was elected mayor on April 9, 1878. After serving one term as mayor, the Democrats did not re-nominate him but instead went with Isaac William Taussig.
Hopper died in his home in East Orange, New Jersey on October 6, 1905.
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American politician (1830–1905)
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Henry J. Hopper was born on 10 March 1830 in New Jersey.
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Henry J. Hopper died on 6 October 1905 in East Orange.
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