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Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States, [2] a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence.
Governor, Chief Justice and Signer Stephen Hopkins – Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Inducted: 1973. Born: 1707. Died: 1785. Civic Leaders, Founders of Rhode Island, Government & Politics.
Jul 4, 2004 · For more than a decade, it bitterly fought for political supremacy in Rhode Island with a conservative group in Newport, led by Samuel Ward, a political enemy of Hopkins. Hopkins was a man of broad interests, including humanitarianism, education, and science, and exerted his talents in many fields.
Stephen Hopkins. Speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly, (circa 1750-2); Delegate to the Albany Convention, 1754; Member of the Continental Congress, 1774-78; Member of Rhode Island Legislature. Stephen Hopkins was born in Scituate (then a part of Providence), Rhode Island, on the seventh of March, 1707. He was apparently self-educated.
Apr 29, 2022 · Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Royal Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the Continental ...
Aug 16, 2011 · Stephen Hopkins proudly served Rhode Island in the First and Second Continental Congresses and was one of the first voices to be heard on the issue of British tyranny. He and Samuel Ward would serve in the First Continental Congress. He would sign the Declaration of Independence alongside fellow Declaration of Independence Signer William Ellery.
Aug 11, 2023 · Biography of Stephen Hopkins. Stephen Hopkins was a politician, Founding Father, and an early opponent of British colonial policies that restricted the rights of American colonists. He became involved in local politics at a young age and was eventually appointed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
