Joseph Hopkinson
Personal
Birthday:
11/12/1770
Birthplace:
Philadelphia, PA
Date of Death:
1/15/1842
Place of Death:
Philadelphia, PA
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Philadelphia and Easton, Pennsylvania, 1791-1814
U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-1819
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1819-1820, 1823-1828
Private practice, Bordentown, New Jersey, 1820-1823
State assemblyman, New Jersey, 1821-1822
Education
Name of School:
University of Pennsylvania
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1786
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1791 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Court Name:
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
President Nominating:
John Quincy Adams
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
02/23/1829
Termination Date:
01/15/1842
Termination Reason:
Death