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