Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Richard STOCKTON
Richard Stockton, son of Richard the Signer and Annis B. Stockton, was often called "The Duke". He graduated from Princeton in 1779, and studied law in Newark with his uncle, Honorable Elias Boudinot. At twenty-five years of age, he stood at the head of a New Jersey Bar, and maintained that position for forty years.
In politics he was a Federalist. He was a Presidential Elector in 1792 and 1801, and in 1796 was elected to the United States Senate and filled the unexpired term of Fred Frelinghuysen, serving until March 3, 1799. He also served one term in the Congress of the United States in 1813-15, declining re-election to both offices.
Having inherited the family estate "Morven" he restored and greatly improved it, and made it his home until his death. He married Mary Field, sister of Robert Field who married his sister Abigail. He died at Morven March 7, 1828, and Mrs. Stockton died December 25, 1837 at Morven.
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