Stephen Hopkins (politician)

Hopkins' signature

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 Governor of colonial Rhode Island and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776.

Stephen Hopkins (politician) Media

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  Hopkins (dozing at the table) and other Rhode Island merchants in Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam, a 1750s satirical painting by John Greenwood

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  Hopkins's bitter rival Samuel Ward fought with him over the use of paper money.
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  Governor Stephen Hopkins House, 15 Hopkins Street, Providence
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  Hopkins's pamphlet was widely circulated in the Thirteen Colonies.
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  Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. Hopkins wears a hat and stands in the back near the door on the left.

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  Hopkins grave marker, North Burial Ground, Providence