John Patrick Hopkins (October 29, 1858 – October 13, 1918) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1893–1895) for the Democratic Party. John Patrick Hopkins was the first of nine Irish-American Catholic mayors of Chicago.
He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.
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