List of United States Political Families (H) - The Hopkinsons

The Hopkinsons

  • Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791), New Jersey Colony Councilman 1774–1776, New Jersey Colony Executive Councilman 1775, Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey 1776, Admiralty Court Judge in Pennsylvania, delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention 1787, U.S. District Court Judge in Pennsylvania 1789–1791. Father of Joseph Hopkinson.
    • Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1815–1819, New Jersey Assemblyman, U.S. District Court Judge in Pennsylvania 1828–1842, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention 1837. Son of Francis Hopkinson.

NOTE: Francis Hopkinson was also brother-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Thomas McKean.

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