Lucius Horatio Stockton

Lucius Stockton
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
In office
1798–1801
PresidentJohn Adams
Preceded byAbraham Ogden
Succeeded byFrederick Frelinghuysen
Personal details
Born1768
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedMay 26, 1835 (aged 66–67)
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
EducationPrinceton University (BA)

Lucius Horatio Stockton (1765 – May 26, 1835) was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1798 to 1801. His rise to this position was relatively swift: he was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1791; he became counsellor in 1794; and in April 1797, he was appointed sergeant-at-law.[1]

  1. ^ James McLachlan, Richard A. Harrison, Ruth L. Woodward, Wesley Frank Craven, and J. Jefferson Looney, Princetonians: A Biographical Dictionary, Princeton, N.J., 1976–1991; 5 vols., vol. 4:238. Stockton's full entry runs from 4:237–244