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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Jul 4, 2004 · He served on the committees that prepared the Articles of Confederation and that created the Continental Navy and appointed Esek Hopkins as its commander in chief. Ill health compelled Stephen to retire in September 1776, a month after he signed the Declaration.
Dec 6, 2019 · Hopkins voted for Independence, and he signed The Declaration of Independence. After signing The Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776, Hopkins could not remain in Congress for much longer due to his deteriorating health, which led to his resignation from the Second Continental Congress in September of 1776.
