Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (April 22, 1829 – January 1, 1870) was an American politician and telegraph operator.
He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the last three years of his life from 1867 to 1870.
Born in Granville, New York,[1][2] Hopkins attended the common schools as a child and later became a telegraph operator.
Hopkins was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1866 as part of the 40th United States Congress, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district.
There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds from 1869 to 1870.