Richard Stockton Field

Richard Stockton Field (December 31, 1803 – May 25, 1870) was an Attorney General of New Jersey, a United States senator from New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Education and career Born on December 31, 1803, at White Hill Mansion in Burlington County, New Jersey, Field moved with his mother to Princeton, New Jersey in 1810, graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1821, and read law in 1825. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Salem, New Jersey from 1825 to 1832. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1833 to 1834, and in 1837. He resumed private practice in Princeton, New Jersey from 1834 to 1838. He was Attorney General of New Jersey from 1838 to 1841. He again resumed private practice in Princeton from 1842 to 1847. He was a member of the New Jersey constitutional convention in 1844. He was a Professor for the law department of Princeton University from 1847 to 1855. He then resumed private practice in Princeton from 1855 to 1862. Congressional service