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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">27th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Governor of New Jersey</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 18, 1887 – January 21, 1890</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Leon Abbett</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Abbett" title="Leon Abbett">Leon Abbett</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>'s <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives,_New_Jersey_District_3" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives, New Jersey District 3">3rd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1885 – January 17, 1887</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">John Kean</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Kean_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Kean (New Jersey)">John Kean</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1831-03-25</span>)</span>March 25, 1831<br /><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 7, 1895<span style="display:none">(1895-05-07)</span> (aged 64)<br /><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a>, New Jersey, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Mary Mulligan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Robert_Stockton_Green_(1831%E2%80%931895).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert S. Green's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Signature_of_Robert_Stockton_Green_%281831%E2%80%931895%29.png/128px-Signature_of_Robert_Stockton_Green_%281831%E2%80%931895%29.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Signature_of_Robert_Stockton_Green_%281831%E2%80%931895%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Stockton Green</b> (March 25, 1831 – May 7, 1895) was an American <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> politician, who was the 27th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">governor of New Jersey</a> from 1887 to 1890. He also sat for one term in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1885 to 1887. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Green&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Green was born in <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton, New Jersey</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/James_S._Green_(New_Jersey_lawyer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James S. Green (New Jersey lawyer)">James S. Green</a> and the former Isabella Williamson McCulloh. His father was <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_for_the_District_of_New_Jersey" title="United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey">U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey</a> from 1835 to 1850. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>) in 1850. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth, New Jersey</a>. </p><p>On October 1, 1857, he married the former Mary E. Mulligan. They had four children: Caroline, Catherine, Isabelle and Robert Stockton Green Jr. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Green&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was a member of the Elizabeth city council from 1863 to 1873, and was presiding judge of the <a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union County</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Court_of_Common_Pleas" title="New Jersey Court of Common Pleas">Court of Common Pleas</a> from 1868 to 1873. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congress_and_governor">Congress and governor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Green&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Congress and governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was a US representative in the <a href="/wiki/Forty-ninth_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Forty-ninth United States Congress">Forty-ninth United States Congress</a> from March 4, 1885, until his resignation on January 17, 1887, when he stepped down to become Governor of New Jersey from 1887 to 1889. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judge">Judge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Green&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Judge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Green was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Conventions</a> in <a href="/wiki/1860_Democratic_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1860 Democratic National Convention">1860</a>, <a href="/wiki/1880_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1880 Democratic National Convention">1880</a> and <a href="/wiki/1888_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1888 Democratic National Convention">1888</a>. </p><p>He was a judge on the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Court_of_Errors_and_Appeals" title="New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals">New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals</a>, then the state's highest court, in 1894 and 1895. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Green&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died in Elizabeth on May 7, 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried in <a href="/wiki/Green-Wood_Cemetery,_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn">Green-Wood Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, New York City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Green&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://www.nytimes.com/1895/05/08/archives/death-of-robert-s-green-the-vice-chancellor-of-newjersey-succumbs.html">"Death Of Robert S. Green. The Vice Chancellor of New-Jersey Succumbs to Heart Trouble. Had Been Governor and a Representative Also"</a>. <i>New York Times</i>. May 8, 1895<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2010</span>. <q>Ex-Gov. and Vice Chancellor Robert Stockton Green of New-Jersey died to-day at his home, in West Jersey Street, of valvular disease of the heart. He had been ill since August, 1894, but the nature of his sickness until the last month was kept a secret.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Death+Of+Robert+S.+Green.+The+Vice+Chancellor+of+New-Jersey+Succumbs+to+Heart+Trouble.+Had+Been+Governor+and+a+Representative+Also&rft.date=1895-05-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1895%2F05%2F08%2Farchives%2Fdeath-of-robert-s-green-the-vice-chancellor-of-newjersey-succumbs.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+S.+Green" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Green&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressG000416" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000416">"Robert S. Green (id: G000416)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Robert+S.+Green+%28id%3A+G000416%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DG000416&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+S.+Green" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GGREE.pdf">Biography of Robert Stockton Green (PDF)</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Library" title="New Jersey State Library">New Jersey State Library</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=ab1e2a7b22e89010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD">New Jersey Governor Robert Stockton Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Governors_Association" title="National Governors Association">National Governors Association</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green7.html#R9M0IYMRO">Robert Stockton Green</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Political_Graveyard" title="The Political Graveyard">The Political Graveyard</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3882">Robert Stockton Green</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">John Kean</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_Jersey" title="List of United States representatives from New Jersey">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="New Jersey03 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 3rd congressional district">New Jersey's 3rd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />March 4, 1885 – January 17, 1887 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Kean_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Kean (New Jersey)">John Kean</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Leon Abbett</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Governor of New Jersey</a> </b><br />January 18, 1887 – January 21, 1890 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Abbett" title="Leon Abbett">Leon Abbett</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Leon Abbett</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> 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