Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for Joseph HOPKINSON

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HOPKINSON, Joseph, jurist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 12, 1770; son of Francis and Ann (Borders) Hopkinson, and grandson of Judge Thomas Hopkinson. He was graduated at [p.345] the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1786, A.M. 1789. He practised law in Easton, Pa., 1791, and in Philadelphia, 1792-1842. He was leading counsel for Dr. Benjamin Rush in his suit against William Corbett, 1799, and conducted the defence in the impeachment trial of Associate Justice Samuel Chase, before the U.S, senate. He was a representative in the 15th congress, 1817-19, and voted to recharter the Bank of the United States. He removed to Bordentown, and was a representative in the New Jersey legislature and legal adviser of Joseph Bonaparte. He was U.S. judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, by appointment of President John Quincy Adams, 1828-42; member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention, 1837; vice-president of the American Philosophical society, 1831-42, and a member from 1815; president of the Academy of Fine Arts; secretary of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 1790-91, and trustee, 1806-19, and 1822-42. He was married to Emily, daughter of Governor Thomas Mifflin, of Pennsylvania. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1818, from Columbia in 1818, and from Harvard in 1831. He is the author of various addresses and articles on ethical subjects, and of the national hymn Hail Columbia (1798). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15, 1842.

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