John P. Stockton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John P. Stockton

American politician

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1826

Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1900

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About John P. Stockton

  • John Potter Stockton (August 2, 1826 – January 22, 1900) was a New Jersey politician who served in the United States Senate as a Democrat.
  • He was New Jersey Attorney General for twenty years (1877 to 1897), and served as United States Minister to the Papal States from 1858 to 1861. The scion of a family long prominent in New Jersey government and politics, John P.
  • Stockton was a native of Princeton, New Jersey and an 1843 graduate of Princeton University.
  • After studying law, attaining admission to the bar, and practicing in Princeton and Trenton, in 1858 Stockton was appointed as Minister to the Papal States.
  • He served until 1861, and returned home after the Republican administration of Abraham Lincoln came to power following the 1860 presidential election. In March 1865, Stockton was elected to the U.S.
  • Senate.
  • In March, 1866 the Senate voted to remove him after his election was contested on the grounds that he had been chosen by a plurality of the New Jersey legislature, rather than a majority.
  • He returned to the Senate in 1869 and served one six-year term, March 1869 to March 1875.
  • After losing renomination to the Senate in 1875, in 1877 he was appointed as state attorney general, a position he continued to hold until he retired in 1897. Stockton died in New York City on January 22, 1900.
  • He was buried at Princeton Cemetery.

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