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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.
Hopkins spoke out against British tyranny long before the revolutionary period. He attended the first Continental Congress in 1774, and was a party to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He left that congress in 1778 and returned to his native state to serve in its Legislature.
Stephen Hopkins voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4 and signed the engrossed copy on August 2. He suffered from the “shaking palsy” which caused his signature on the Declaration to appear unsteady, and he used his left hand to steady his right.
Aug 11, 2023 · Stephen Hopkins was a politician from Rhode Island who played a key role in the American Revolution. He is a Founding Father and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Dec 6, 2019 · Significance: Signed The Declaration of Independence (at the age of 69); served as the Governor of Rhode Island; served as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court; and co-founded Brown University. Stephen Hopkins was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Jul 4, 2004 · About this time, Hopkins took over leadership of the colony's radical faction, supported by Providence merchants. 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.
Nov 3, 2023 · Information obtained from: American Council of Learned Societies. American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicago: The A.N. Marquis Company, 1963. Back to The Signer's Gallery. PDF files require the free Adobe Reader.
