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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn Potter STOCKTON
(1826-1900)
Senate Years of Service:
1869-1875Party: DemocratSTOCKTON, John Potter,
(son of Robert Field Stockton, grandson of Richard Stockton
[1764-1828], great-grandson of Richard Stockton [1730-1781]), a
Senator from New Jersey; born in Princeton, N.J., August 2, 1826;
attended private schools and graduated from the College of New
Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1843; studied law; admitted to
the bar in 1846 and practiced in Princeton and Trenton, N.J.; State
reporter to the court of chancery 1852-1858; United States Minister
to Italy 1858-1861; practiced law in Trenton, N.J.; presented
credentials as a Democratic Senator-elect to the United States
Senate and served from March 15, 1865, to March 27, 1866, when, the
election being in dispute, the Senate declared the seat vacant;
again elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served
from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875; resumed the practice of his
profession; attorney general of New Jersey 1877-1897; died in New
York City on January 22, 1900; interment in Princeton Cemetery,
Princeton, N.J.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Stockton, Thomas Coates. The Stockton Family of
New Jersey. Washington, D.C.: Carnahan Press, 1911.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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