+ JOSEPH HOPKINSON, A. M. (LL. D., Coll. N. J., 1818 ; Columbia Coll., 1818 ; and Harvard, 1831.)
b. Phila.. Nov. 12, 1770; d. Phila., Jan. 15, 1842.
s. Hon. Francis Hopkinson (Class 1757), and Ann Borden.
Entered 17S3.
Lawyer. M. C, 1816-19.
Mem. N. J. Legis.
Judge U. S. Dist. Ct., E. D. Penna., 1828-42.
Mem. Const. Conv. Penna., 1837.
Sec. of the Trustees, 1790-91, and Trustee, 1806-19,1822-42.
Pres. Acad. Fine Arts, Phila. Mem. Am. Phil. Soc, 1815, and its Vice-Pres. , 1831-42.
Author addresses and articles on legal and ethical subjects, and of the national song "Hail Columbia."
m. Emily, dau. Gov. Thomas Mifflin (Class 1760).
See Simpson, Keith, Appleton, Allibone.