Richard Stockton Field

Richard Stockton Field
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office January 14, 1863 – April 25, 1870
Appointed by	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	Philemon Dickerson
Succeeded by	John T. Nixon
United States Senator from New Jersey
In office November 21, 1862 – January 14, 1863
Preceded by	John Renshaw Thomson
Succeeded by	James Walter Wall
New Jersey Attorney General
In office 1838–1841
Personal details
Born	(1803-12-31)December 31, 1803 Burlington County, New Jersey
Died	May 25, 1870(1870-05-25) (aged 66) Princeton, New Jersey
Profession	Lawyer, Politician

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

Born in White Hall, Burlington County, New Jersey, Field 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. He read law and was admitted to the bar in 1825, commencing private practice in Salem, New Jersey. He moved to Princeton, N.J., in 1832, and served as a New Jersey state representative from 1833 to 1834, and as 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 from 1847 to 1855, thereafter returning to private practice.

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. He was not a candidate for election in 1863. Instead, Field was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln on January 14, 1863, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Philemon Dickerson. Field was confirmed by the United States Senate, and received commission, on the same day that he was nominated. He served on the court until his resignation, on April 25, 1870, one month before his death.

He died in Princeton, New Jersey and was buried in Princeton Cemetery.

External links

• Richard Stockton Field at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Richard Stockton Field at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Richard Stockton Field at The Political Graveyard
• Richard Stockton Field at Find a Grave

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