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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).
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Joseph Hopkinson

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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).

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