Robert Stockton Green (March 25, 1831 – May 7, 1895) was an American
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politician, who was the 27th
governor of New Jersey
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from 1887 to 1890. He also sat for one term in the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1885 to 1887.
Early life and education
Green was born in
Princeton, New Jersey
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, the son of
James S. Green
James Stephen Green (February 28, 1817January 19, 1870) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States Representative and United States Senate, Senator from Missouri.
Early life and education
Born near Rectortown, Virginia, ...
and the former Isabella Williamson McCulloh. His father was
U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
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from 1835 to 1850. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University
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) in 1850. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in
.
On October 1, 1857, he married the former Mary E. Mulligan. They had four children: Caroline, Catherine, Isabelle and Robert Stockton Green, Jr.
Political career
He was a member of the Elizabeth city council from 1863 to 1873, and was presiding judge of the
Union County Court of Common Pleas
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from 1868 to 1873.
Congress and governor
He was a US representative in the
Forty-ninth United States Congress
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from March 4, 1885, until his resignation on January 17, 1887, when he stepped down to become
Governor of New Jersey
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from 1887 to 1889.
Judge
Green was a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
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s in
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...
,
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
and
1888.
He was a judge on the
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals Prior to 1947, the structure of the judiciary in New Jersey was extremely complex, including Court of Errors and Appeals in the last resort in all causes.
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, then the state's highest court, in 1894 and 1895.
Death
He died in Elizabeth on May 7, 1895.
He was buried in
Green-Wood Cemetery
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in
Brooklyn
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, New York City.
References
External links
Biography of Robert Stockton Green (PDF) New Jersey State Library
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New Jersey Governor Robert Stockton Green National Governors Association
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Robert Stockton Greenat
The Political Graveyard
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1831 births
1895 deaths
Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Democratic Party governors of New Jersey
New Jersey lawyers
New Jersey state court judges
People from Princeton, New Jersey
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Princeton University alumni
American Presbyterians
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American judges
19th-century American lawyers