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Richard Stockton (U.S. Senator)
Richard Stockton
(April 17, 1764March 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.
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