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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJoseph HOPKINSON
(1770-1842)
HOPKINSON, Joseph, (son of
Francis Hopkinson), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Philadelphia, Pa., on November 12, 1770; was graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1786; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1791 where he practiced
his profession, except for the period of one year at Easton, Pa.;
wrote the anthem “Hail Columbia!” in 1798; was
associated with Daniel Webster in the Dartmouth College case;
counsel for Justice Samuel Chase in his impeachment trial before
the United States Senate in 1804 and 1805; elected as a Federalist
to the Fourteenth Congress; reelected to the succeeding Congress
(March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819); was not a candidate for reelection
in 1818; moved to Bordentown, N.J., in 1820; member of the New
Jersey house of assembly; returned to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1823;
judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, 1828-1842; chairman of the State constitutional
convention in 1837; secretary of the board of trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania in 1790 and 1791; trustee, 1806-1819 and
1822-1842; died in Philadelphia, Pa., January 15, 1842; interment
in the old Borden-Hopkinson Burial Ground, Bordentown, N.J.
Bibliography
Konkle, Burton Alva. Joseph Hopkinson, 1770-1842,
Jurist-Scholar-Inspirer of the Arts: Author of Hail Columbia.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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