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About Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins was a Founding Father of the United States. He served as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and was a signer of both the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence. Hopkins was from a prominent Rhode Island family. His grandfather, William Hopkins, was an influential colonial politician, while his great-grandfather Thomas Hopkins was among the original settlers of Providence Plantations. Thomas sailed from England in 1635 alongside his cousin, Benedict Arnold, who later became the first governor of the Rhode Island colony under the Royal Charter of 1663.
Everything about Stephen Hopkins →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge, activist
- Position held
- colonial governor of Rhode Island, colonial governor of Rhode Island, colonial governor of Rhode Island, colonial governor of Rhode Island
- Citizenship
- United States, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- March 7, 1707
- Died
- July 13, 1785