Richard Stockton Field

Judge Richard Stockton Field

Personal

Birthday:

12/31/1803

Birthplace:

White Hill, NJ

Date of Death:

5/25/1870

Place of Death:

Princeton, NJ

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

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

Education

Name of School:

College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)

Degree Year:

1821

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1825

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Court Name:

New Jersey District Court

President Nominating:

Abraham Lincoln

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

01/14/1863

Termination Date:

04/25/1870

Termination Reason:

Resignation