Richard Stockton (senator)

Richard Stockton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Serving with James Schureman
Preceded byAdam Boyd
Lewis Condict
Jacob Hufty
George C. Maxwell
James Morgan
Thomas Newbold
Succeeded byBenjamin Bennet
Henry Southard
United States Senator
from New Jersey
In office
November 12, 1796 – March 3, 1799
Preceded byFrederick Frelinghuysen
Succeeded byJonathan Dayton
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
In office
1789–1791
PresidentGeorge Washington
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAbraham Ogden
Personal details
Born(1764-04-17)April 17, 1764
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedMarch 7, 1828(1828-03-07) (aged 63)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
EducationPrinceton University (BA)

Richard Stockton (April 17, 1764 – March 7, 1828) was a lawyer who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate and later served in the United States House of Representatives. He was the first U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, holding that office from 1789 to 1791, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1820 election as a member of the Federalist Party, which did not nominate a candidate for president.