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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyRichard STOCKTON
(1764-1828)
Senate Years of Service:
1796-1799Party: FederalistSTOCKTON, Richard, (son of
Richard Stockton [1730-1781], father of Robert Field Stockton,
grandfather of John Potter Stockton, and uncle of Richard Stockton
Field), a Senator and a Representative from New Jersey; born in
Princeton, N.J., April 17, 1764; tutored privately; graduated from
the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1779;
studied law; admitted to the bar in 1784 and commenced practice in
Princeton, N.J.; elected as a Federalist to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frederick
Frelinghuysen and served from November 12, 1796, to March 3, 1799;
declined to be a candidate for reelection; unsuccessful candidate
for governor of New Jersey in 1801, 1803, and 1804; elected as a
Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3,
1815); declined to be a candidate for renomination to the
Fourteenth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; died
at ‘Morven,’ near Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., March
7, 1828; interment in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Stockton, Thomas Coates.
The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons.
Washington, D.C.: Carnahan Press, 1911.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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