Richard Stockton (U.S. Senator)

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Richard Stockton
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from New Jersey's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1815
Servingwith James Schureman
Preceded by Adam Boyd
Lewis Condict
Jacob Hufty
George C. Maxwell
James Morgan
Thomas Newbold
Succeeded by Benjamin Bennet
Henry Southard
United States Senator
from New Jersey
In office
November 12, 1796 –March 3, 1799
Preceded by Frederick Frelinghuysen
Succeeded by Jonathan Dayton
Personal details
Born(1764-04-17)April 17, 1764
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died March 7, 1828(1828-03-07) (aged 63)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party Federalist
Education Princeton University (BA)

Richard Stockton (April 17, 1764 –March 7, 1828) was a lawyer who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate and later served in the United States House of Representatives. He was the first U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, holding that office from 1789 to 1791, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1820 election as a member of the Federalist Party, which did not nominate a candidate for president.

New Jersey State of the United States of America

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.

United States Senate Upper house of the United States Congress

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United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

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Life

Stockton was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was tutored privately, and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1779. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1784 and commenced practice in Princeton.

Princeton, New Jersey Borough in New Jersey, United States

Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township. As of the 2010 United States Census, the municipality's population was 28,572, reflecting the former township's population of 16,265, along with the 12,307 in the former borough.

Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman) American judge

Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

United States Declaration of Independence announcement by which the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain and thus founded the United States

The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. The declaration was signed by representatives from New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

He was 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 4, 1799, but declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1801, 1803, and 1804. He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815, and declined to be a candidate for renomination to the Fourteenth Congress.

Governor of New Jersey head of state and of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey

The Governor of the State of New Jersey is head of the executive branch of New Jersey's state government. The office of governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four-year terms. Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms, but there is no limit on the total number of terms they may serve. The official residence for the governor is Drumthwacket, a mansion located in Princeton, New Jersey; the office of the governor is at the New Jersey State House in Trenton.

Stockton was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815. [1]

American Antiquarian Society learned society and national research library

The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American history and culture. Founded in 1812, it is the oldest historical society in the United States with a national focus. Its main building, known as Antiquarian Hall, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in recognition of this legacy. The mission of the AAS is to collect, preserve and make available for study all printed records of what is now known as the United States of America. This includes materials from the first European settlement through the year 1876.

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession. He died at Morven, near Princeton, and was interred in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton.

Morven (Princeton, New Jersey) non-profit organisation in the USA

Morven, known officially as Morven Museum & Garden, is a historic 18th-century house at 55 Stockton Street in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It served as the governor's mansion for nearly four decades in the twentieth century, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Princeton Cemetery cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton Cemetery is located in Princeton, New Jersey. It is owned by the Nassau Presbyterian Church. John F. Hageman in his 1878 history of Princeton, New Jersey refers to the cemetery as: "The Westminster Abbey of the United States."

Family

His brother Lucius Horatio Stockton served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Lucius Horatio Stockton was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1798 to 1801. His rise to this position was relatively swift: he was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1791; he became counsellor in 1794; and in April 1797, he was appointed sergeant-at-law.

His son Commodore Robert F. Stockton was the Military Governor of California who defeated the Mexican army in 1846. He later became a Senator from New Jersey like his father before him.

His daughter Annie Stockton was the first wife of U.S. Senator John Renshaw Thomson.

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References

  1. ↑ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
Frederick Frelinghuysen 		U.S. Senator (Class 2) from New Jersey
1796–1799
Served alongside: John Rutherfurd, Franklin Davenport 		Succeeded by
Jonathan Dayton
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Adam Boyd
Lewis Condict
Jacob Hufty
George C. Maxwell
James Morgan
Thomas Newbold
as Representatives at-large 		Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
1813–1815		Succeeded by
Benjamin Bennet
Henry Southard
as Representatives at-large
Party political offices
Preceded by
John Eager Howard 		Federalist nominee for Vice President of the United States
1820 		Party dissolved
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