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Donley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/field-fielding.html#810.07.73">Richard Stockton Field</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaines.html#054.21.05">Joseph Holt Gaines</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green7.html#146.83.68">Robert Stockton Green</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson3.html#467.98.99">Edwin Stockton Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#974.10.53">Jacob Banks Kurtz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rush.html#102.29.97">Richard Rush</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#733.15.34">Jerre Stockton Williams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="535.04.28">Stockton, Mrs. A. Henderson</a></b> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/AZ.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="426.17.60">Stockton, A. J.</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="020.31.32">Stockton, Alvin Mathias</a> (c.1913-1997)</b> — of New Mexico. Born about 1913. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/sthse.html">New Mexico state house of representatives</a>, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Mexico State House of Representatives</a>, 1953; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Mexico</a>, 1954. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/07-02.html">July 2, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="790.99.72">Stockton, Becky</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Montana. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="592.48.29">Stockton, Gene</a></b> — of Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-lived.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/TX.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="591.75.51">Stockton, George B.</a></b> — of Dunkirk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/dunkirk.html#3">Dunkirk, N.Y.</a>, 1853-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="883.35.29">Stockton, George L.</a></b> — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FE-lived.html">Fentress County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/TN.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/TN.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="839.16.05">Stockton, Gilchrist Baker</a> (b. 1890)</b> — also known as <b>Gilchrist B. Stockton</b> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-20.html">August 20, 1890</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/FL.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/FL.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/FL.html">1940</a> (alternate); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-diplomats.html ">Austria</a>, 1930-33. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/stockton-gilchrist-baker ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Stockton, Mrs. Henderson</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#535.04.28">Mrs. A. Henderson Stockton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="142.30.76">Stockton, J. D.</a></b> — of Tryon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NC.html">1956</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="131.16.59">Stockton, J. H.</a></b> — of Salem (now part of Winston-Salem), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-lived.html">Forsyth County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/winstonsalem.html#5">Mayor of Salem, N.C.</a>, 1892-93. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="347.71.60">Stockton, John</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County, 1795. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="738.68.05">Stockton, John</a> (1798-1878)</b> — of Mt. Clemens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/12-24.html">December 24, 1798</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/mountclemens.html#3">Mt. Clemens, Mich.</a>, 1821-22, 1823-25, 1832-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trcn.html">member Michigan territorial council</a>, 1824-31, 1834-35 (Macomb County 1824-31, 2nd District 1834-35); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Mt. Clemens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-died.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-26.html">November 26, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-buried.html#cms00063">Clinton Grove Cemetery</a>, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Stockton and Ann Stockton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/">1816</a> to Mary Allen; second cousin of <a href="#464.61.96">Thomas Stockton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19213769">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="371.88.95">Stockton, John Potter</a> (1826-1900)</b> — also known as <b>John P. Stockton</b> — of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Born in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/08-02.html">August 2, 1826</a>. Democrat. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VT-diplomats.html ">Papal States</a>, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/NJ.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NJ.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/NJ.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1865-66, 1869-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/attygn.html">New Jersey state attorney general</a>, 1877-92. Died in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-died.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-22.html">January 22, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms01396">Princeton Cemetery</a>, Princeton, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#395.25.44">Robert Field Stockton</a>; father of <a href="#939.26.86">Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929)</a>; grandson of <a href="#686.94.98">Richard Stockton (1764-1828)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#568.05.78">Richard Stockton (1730-1781)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0220.html">Stockton family</a> of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000939">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410398">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/stockton-john-potter ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="086.53.69">Stockton, L. B.</a></b> — of Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-lived.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IN.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="525.72.18">Stockton, Lacon D.</a> (d. 1860)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-lived.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1856-60; died in office 1860. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/06-09.html">June 9, 1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="027.95.75">Stockton, Lucius H.</a></b> — of New Jersey. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for New Jersey</a>, 1798-1801. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="356.76.66">Stockton, P. A.</a></b> — of New Jersey. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Leipzig</a>, 1856-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="568.05.78">Stockton, Richard</a> (1730-1781)</b> — of New Jersey. Born near Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/10-01.html">October 1, 1730</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spaj.html">Associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court</a>, 1774; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/02-28.html">February 28, 1781</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms04556">Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Cemetery</a>, Princeton, N.J.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of Hannah Stockton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#418.31.89">Elias Boudinot</a>); father of Julia Stockton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rush.html#580.80.22">Benjamin Rush</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#010.15.76">William Bradford</a>) and <a href="#686.94.98">Richard Stockton (1764-1828)</a>; grandfather of <a href="#395.25.44">Robert Field Stockton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/field-fielding.html#810.07.73">Richard Stockton Field</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#371.88.95">John Potter Stockton</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="#939.26.86">Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0220.html">Stockton family</a> of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000940">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410399">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Stockton %281730-1781%29">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2732">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="686.94.98">Stockton, Richard</a> (1764-1828)</b> — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/04-17.html">April 17, 1764</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for New Jersey</a>, 1789-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1796-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 2nd District, 1813-15; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1810; received 8 electoral votes for Vice-President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1820.html">1820</a>. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/03-07.html">March 7, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 325 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms01396">Princeton Cemetery</a>, Princeton, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#568.05.78">Richard Stockton (1730-1781)</a>; father of <a href="#395.25.44">Robert Field Stockton</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/field-fielding.html#810.07.73">Richard Stockton Field</a>; grandfather of <a href="#371.88.95">John Potter Stockton</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#939.26.86">Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0220.html">Stockton family</a> of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000941">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410400">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Stockton %281764-1828%29">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="939.26.86">Stockton, Richard</a> (c.1857-1929)</b> — of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1857. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">Stockbroker</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NJ.html">1916</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; New Jersey Commissioner of Charities and Corrections. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-03.html">November 3, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#371.88.95">John Potter Stockton</a>; married to Clemence Finch; grandson of <a href="#395.25.44">Robert Field Stockton</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#686.94.98">Richard Stockton (1764-1828)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="#568.05.78">Richard Stockton (1730-1781)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0220.html">Stockton family</a> of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="362.94.56">Stockton, Richard</a></b> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NJ.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="101.36.56">Stockton, Robert</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Somerset County, 1790-91, 1793, 1795. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="552.59.46">Stockton, Robert F.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/comp.html">New Jersey state comptroller</a>, 1877-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="395.25.44">Stockton, Robert Field</a> (1795-1866)</b> — also known as <b>Robert F. Stockton</b> — of New Jersey. Born in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/08-20.html">August 20, 1795</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; served in the U.S. Navy during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/milgov.html">Military Governor of California</a>, 1846-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1851-53. Slaveowner. Died in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-died.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-07.html">October 7, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms01396">Princeton Cemetery</a>, Princeton, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#686.94.98">Richard Stockton (1764-1828)</a>; father of <a href="#371.88.95">John Potter Stockton</a>; grandson of <a href="#568.05.78">Richard Stockton (1730-1781)</a>; grandfather of <a href="#939.26.86">Richard Stockton (c.1857-1929)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0220.html">Stockton family</a> of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-names.html">Stockton, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CE-names.html">Stockton, Missouri</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">borough</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-names.html">Stockton, New Jersey</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PE-names.html">Fort Stockton, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Stockton Creek, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">tidal channel</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-names.html">Monrovia, Liberia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000942">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410401">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert F. Stockton">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="950.45.79">Stockton, Ruth</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="573.40.64">Stockton, Ruthie</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="602.33.90">Stockton, Samuel</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Burlington County, 1849-51, 1865. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="847.06.36">Stockton, Samuel W.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of New Jersey</a>, 1794-95. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="545.88.26">Stockton, Stephen</a> (b. 1947)</b> — also known as <b>Steve Stockton</b> — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-04.html">July 4, 1947</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance executive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/bloomington.html">mayor of Bloomington, Ill.</a>, 2005-. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Stockton, Steve</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#545.88.26">Stephen Stockton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="464.61.96">Stockton, Thomas</a> (1781-1846)</b> — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/04-01.html">April 1, 1781</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Whig National Convention from Delaware, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1845-46; died in office 1846. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/03-01.html">March 1, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-buried.html#cms00783">Immanuel Churchyard</a>, New Castle, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Second cousin of <a href="#738.68.05">John Stockton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-stockton/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="956.10.50">Stockton, Thomas R.</a></b> — of Sidney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/FE-lived.html">Fremont County</a>, Iowa. Circuit judge in Iowa 13th District, 1873-76. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="639.76.53">Stockton, Truman</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CO.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="086.48.13">Stockton, W. G.</a></b> — of Leflore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LF-lived.html">Le Flore County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OK.html">1956</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="400.32.46">Stockton, William T.</a></b> — of Florida. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 2nd District, 1964. 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