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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyFrancis HOPKINSON
(1737-1791)
HOPKINSON, Francis,
(father of Joseph Hopkinson), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in
Philadelphia, Pa., September 21, 1737 (O.S.); was graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1757; the first
native American composer of a secular song in 1759; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1761 and commenced practice in
Philadelphia; secretary of a commission of the Provincial Council
of Pennsylvania which made a treaty between the Province and
certain Indian tribes in 1761; appointed collector of customs at
the port of Salem, N.J., in 1763, and at New Castle, Del., in 1772;
settled in Bordentown, N.J., in 1774 and resumed the practice of
law; member of the Provincial Council of New Jersey 1774-1776;
member of the executive council from January 13 to November 15,
1775; was admitted to practice before the bar of the supreme court
of New Jersey on May 8, 1775; elected an associate justice of that
court in 1776 but declined the office; Member of the Continental
Congress from June 22 to November 30, 1776; a signer of the
Declaration of Independence; elected on November 18, 1776, to serve
on the Navy Board at Philadelphia; returned to Philadelphia in
1777; treasurer of the Continental Loan Office in 1778; judge of
the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania in 1779 and reappointed in 1780
and 1787; member of the constitutional convention in 1787 which
ratified the Constitution of the United States; judge of the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
1789-1791; died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 9, 1791; interment in
Christ Church Burial Ground.
Bibliography
Hastings, George E. The Life and Works of Francis Hopkinson.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1926.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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