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Richard Stockton Field

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1863

Richard Stockton Field , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Richard Stockton Field (December 31, 1803 – May 25, 1870) was an Attorney General of New Jersey, a United States senator from New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education

  • College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1821
  • Read law1825

Career

Private practice, Salem, New Jersey, 1825-1832; State assemblyman, New Jersey, 1833-1834, 1837; Private practice, Princeton, New Jersey 1834-1838, 1842-1847, 1855-1862; Attorney general, State of New Jersey, 1838-1841; Professor, Law Department, Princeton University, 1847-1855; U.S. senator from New Jersey, 1862-1863

Biography

Richard Stockton Field (December 31, 1803 – May 25, 1870) was an Attorney General of New Jersey, a United States senator from New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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