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Joseph Hopkinson

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Hopkinson 1770-1842, American jurist, b. Philadelphia; son of Francis Hopkinson. A successful lawyer, he helped to defend (1804) Justice Samuel Chase in impeachment proceedings and was associated with Daniel Webster in the Dartmouth College Case; he was also a Federalist Congressman (1815-19) and a federal judge. He is mainly remembered as the author (1798) of the words of Hail, Columbia. Bibliography: See biography by B. A. Konkle (1931). Author not available, HOPKINSON, JOSEPH. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Hopkinson, Joseph
Hopkinson, Joseph (1770–1842), son of Francis Hopkinson, was a noted lawyer and jurist, served in Congress (1814–19), and was a member of the Tuesday Club of Philadelphia, president of the Academy of Fine Arts, and author of “ Hail Columbia ” (1798). Read more
Hopkinson, Francis
Hopkinson, Francis (1737–91), born in Philadelphia, was the...tells of the grief caused her by her worthless son George. Hopkinson also satirized his fellow countrymen who sympathized with...Americans were then attributing to the Loyalists; and Letter to Joseph Galloway (1778) accused the prominent ... Read more

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