Richard Stockton (U.S. senator)

Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from New Jersey's 2nd district
	In office; March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 Serving with 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
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
	In office; 1789–1791
President	George Washington
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Abraham Ogden
Personal details
Born	April 17, 1764; Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	March 7, 1828 (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.

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.

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.

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

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

Family

In 1788, Stockton married Mary Field (1766–1837).[2] They were the parents of nine children, including Mary Field, Richard, Julia, Robert Field, Horatio, Caroline, Samuel Witham, William Bradford, and Annis.[2]

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

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

American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
Bill, Alfred Hoyt (1954). A House Called Morven: Its Role in American History, 1701-1954. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 70.

External links

United States Congress. "Richard Stockton (id: S000941)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Richard Stockton (1764-1828) at The Political Graveyard
Richard Stockton at Find a Grave

Legal offices
Preceded by Office established	United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey 1789–1791	Succeeded by Abraham Ogden
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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[1] American Antiquarian Society Members Directory

[Bill-2] Bill, Alfred Hoyt (1954). A House Called Morven: Its Role in American History, 1701-1954. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 70.

United States senators from New Jersey
Class 1	Elmer Rutherfurd Davenport Schureman Ogden Condit Lambert Wilson Southard McIlvaine Bateman Dickerson Southard W. Dayton R. F. Stockton Thomson Field J. Wall Wright F. T. Frelinghuysen J. Stockton Randolph Sewell Blodgett J. Smith J. Kean Martine J. Frelinghuysen Edwards H. Kean Moore Milton Barbour Walsh A. Smith Williams Brady Lautenberg Corzine Menendez
Class 2	Paterson Dickinson F. Frelinghuysen R. Stockton J. Dayton Kitchell Condit Dickerson T. Frelinghuysen G. Wall Miller Wright Ten Eyck J. Stockton Cattell F. T. Frelinghuysen McPherson Sewell Dryden Briggs Hughes Baird Edge Baird Jr. Morrow Barbour Smathers Hawkes Hendrickson Case Bradley Torricelli Lautenberg Chiesa Booker