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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyRichard Stockton FIELD
(1803-1870)
Senate Years of Service:
1862-1863Party: RepublicanFIELD, Richard Stockton,
(grandson of Richard Stockton [1730-1781] and nephew of Richard
Stockton [1764-1828]), a Senator from New Jersey; born at White
Hall, Burlington County, N.J., December 31, 1803; moved to
Princeton with his mother in 1810; pursued an academic course and
graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
in 1821; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced
practice in Salem, N.J.; moved to Princeton, N.J., in 1832; member,
State house of assembly 1837; attorney general of the State
1838-1841; member of the State constitutional convention 1844;
professor at the Princeton Law School 1847; appointed as a
Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of John R. Thomson and served from November 21, 1862,
to January 14, 1863, when a successor was elected; was not a
candidate for election in 1863; appointed by President Abraham
Lincoln judge of the United States District Court for the District
of New Jersey 1863-1870; died in Princeton, N.J., May 25, 1870;
interment in Princeton Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Field, Richard S.
Provincial Courts of New Jersey, with Sketches of the Bench and
Bar. New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1849; Hart, Charles
Henry. A Necrological Notice of the Hon. Richard Stockton
Field. Philadelphia: Numismatic & Antiquarian Society of
Philadelphia, 1870.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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