James Sproat Green (July 21, 1792 – November 8, 1862) was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1835 to 1850. He was the father of New Jersey Governor Robert Stockton Green.

Biography

Green was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1792, the son of

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and Elizabeth (Stockton) Green. His father was

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from 1792 to 1800 and

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from 1812 to 1822. He graduated from

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in 1811. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1817, as counsellor in 1821, and as sergeant in 1834. In 1835, Green was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey by President Andrew Jackson. He continued to serve until 1850. In 1844, he was nominated by President John Tyler to be Secretary of the Treasury, but the nomination was not confirmed by the

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. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) from 1828 to 1862. In 1847, when

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was founded, Green was named professor of jurisprudence on a faculty that also included

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and

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. He held the professorship until 1855.

Children

He married Isabella Williamson McCulloh (1792–1865) on January 25, 1825. They had five children: * Judge Ashbel Green (1825–1898) who was a co-founder of the New York bar association * Anna McCulloh Green (1827-1917) * James Sproat Green (1829–1892) * Robert Stockton Green (1831–1895), Governor of New Jersey * Isabella Green (1834–1906) Green died in Princeton in 1862.

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