Richard Stockton Field

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Richard Stockton Field
Junior Senator from New Jersey
In office November 21, 1862 – January 14, 1863
Preceded by	John Renshaw Thomson
Succeeded by	John C. Ten Eyck
New Jersey Attorney General
In office 1838-1841
Born	December 31, 1803(1803-12-31) White Hall
Died	May 25, 1870 (aged 66) Princeton, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer, Politician

Richard Stockton Field (December 31, 1803 – May 25, 1870) was a US Senator from New Jersey. Field was the grandson of Richard Stockton (1730-1781), New Jersey Delegate to the Continental Congress, and the son of Richard Stockton (1764-1828), US Senator from New Jersey.

Born at White Hall, Burlington County, New Jersey; moved to Princeton, New Jersey with his mother in 1810; pursued an academic course and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1821; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Salem, New Jersey; moved to Princeton, N.J., in 1832. Field was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1837, and served as New Jersey Attorney General from 1838-1841. He was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1844, and a professor at the Princeton Law School in 1847.

Field was appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John R. Thomson and served from November 21, 1862, to January 14, 1863, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for election in 1863; appointed by President Abraham Lincoln judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1863-1870. He died in Princeton, New Jersey and was buried in Princeton Cemetery.

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• Richard Stockton Field at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Richard Stockton Field at The Political Graveyard
• Richard Stockton Field at Find A Grave

Preceded by John R. Thomson

United States Senator (Class 1) from New Jersey 1862–1863 Served alongside: John C. Ten Eyck

Succeeded by James W. Wall

v • d • e United States Senators from New Jersey Class 1: Elmer • Rutherfurd • Davenport • Schureman • Ogden • Condit • Lambert • Wilson • Southard • McIlvaine • Bateman • Dickerson • Southard • W. Dayton • R. 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 • H. Smith • Williams • Brady • Lautenberg • Corzine • Menendez Class 2: Paterson • Dickinson • F. Frelinghuysen • Richard Stockton • J. Dayton • Kitchell • Condit • Dickerson • T. Frelinghuysen • G. Wall • Miller • Wright • Ten Eyck • J. Stockton • Catell • F. T. Frelinghuysen • McPherson • Sewell • Dryden • Briggs • Hughes • Baird • Edge • Baird, Jr. • Morrow • Barbour • Smathers • Hawkes • Hendrickson • Case • Bradley • Torricelli • Lautenberg