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Richard Stockton (senator)

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In 1788, Stockton married Mary Field (1766–1837). They were the parents of nine children, including Mary Field, Richard, Julia, Robert Field, Horatio, Caroline, Samuel Witham, William Bradford, and Annis.
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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.
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and served from November 12, 1796, to March 4, 1799, but declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was an unsuccessful candidate for
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Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
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After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession. He died at
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His daughter Annis Stockton was the first wife of U.S. Senator
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served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
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U.S. House of Representatives
New Jersey
2nd
James Schureman
Adam Boyd
Lewis Condict
Jacob Hufty
George C. Maxwell
James Morgan
Thomas Newbold
Benjamin Bennet
Henry Southard
United States Senator
New Jersey
Frederick Frelinghuysen
Jonathan Dayton
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
George Washington
Abraham Ogden
Princeton
New Jersey
Princeton
New Jersey
Federalist
Princeton University
BA
New Jersey
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives

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