What is William Hooper?
{{Infobox Person | name = William Hooper | image = William Hooper.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1742|6|17}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1790|10|14|1742|6|17}} | death_place = [[North Carolina]] | death_cause = | resting_place = [[Hillsborough, North Carolina]] | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = Signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence | education = | employer = | occupation = lawyer | home_town = | title = | salary = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = William Hooper signature.png | footnotes = }} '''William Hooper''' (June 17, 1742–October 14, 1790),<ref>B.J. Lossing, ''Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence'' (Aledo, Tex.: WallBuilders Press, 2007), 201</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]], [[politician]], and a member of the [[Continental Congress]] representing [[North Carolina]] from 1774 through 1777. Hooper was also a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{USDecOfIndSig}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, William}} [[Category:1742 births]] [[Category:1790 deaths]] [[Category:Lawyers from North Carolina]] [[Category:Politicians from North Carolina]] [[Category:Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence]]