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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyRobert Stockton GREEN
(1831-1895)
GREEN, Robert Stockton, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Princeton, N.J., March 25,
1831; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) at Princeton in
1850; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced
practice in Elizabeth, N.J.; prosecutor of the borough courts in
1857; city attorney of Elizabeth 1857-1868; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions in 1860, 1880, and 1888; surrogate
of Union County 1862-1867; member of the city council 1863-1873;
presiding judge of Union County Court of Common Pleas 1868-1873;
member of the commission to suggest amendments to the constitution
of New Jersey in 1873; admitted to the bar of New York in 1874;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress and served from
March 4, 1885, until his resignation on January 17, 1887; Governor
of New Jersey 1887-1889; vice chancellor of the State 1890-1895;
judge of the court of errors and appeals in 1894 and 1895; died in
Elizabeth, N.J., May 7, 1895; interment in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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