Richard Stockton Field

Richard Stockton Field ( born December 31, 1803 in Whitehall, Burlington County, New Jersey, † May 25, 1870 in Princeton, New Jersey ) was an American politician ( Republican) of the State of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate represented.

Richard Stockton Field came from an illustrious family of politicians. His grandfather, Richard Stockton was a delegate to the Continental Congress, his uncle Richard Stockton sat from 1796 to 1799 also for New Jersey in the Senate and was the Federalist candidate in 1820 for the office of Vice-President.

After he was taken in 1810 with his mother to Princeton, Field went on to graduate in 1821 and made his degree at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. He subsequently studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Salem. In 1832 he again lived in Princeton. His first political office was held Field in 1837 as a deputy in the House of Representatives from New Jersey; 1838 to 1841 he was attorney general of the state. He took part in the 1844 Constitutional Convention from New Jersey, and 1847 was a lecturer at Princeton Law School.

After the death of U.S. Senator John Renshaw Thomson on September 12, 1862 Richard Stockton Field was appointed to succeed him in Congress. He took his seat in Washington D.C. from 21 November of the same year true and it held until 14 January 1863 when it replaced the in the by-election victorious James Walter Wall. Field resigned from the Senate and was appointed in the same year by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to the judge at the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey. In this post he remained until his death in 1870.