Joseph Hopkinson

Judge 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