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John was born on August 2, 1826 at Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The son of Commodore Robert Field Stockton and Harriet Maria (Potter), he came of a distinguished line.
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John Potter Stockton
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After graduating from the College of New Jersey in 1843, he read law in the office of his cousin, Richard Stockton Field, and was licensed as attorney in 1847 and admitted to the bar in 1850.
Career
His family connections brought him numerous opportunities for advancement. He was appointed one of the commissioners to revise and simplify legal procedure in New Jersey, and later he became reporter of the court of chancery, publishing Reports of Cases in the Court of Chancery, and on Appeal, in the Court of Errors and Appeals of . New Jersey (1856 - 60). While his father's influence was at its height he secured from President Buchanan, June 15, 1858, appointment as minister resident to the Papal States.
In the New Jersey legislature the Democrats and Union Republicans were so closely matched that the houses could organize only after a series of compromises. Stockton was elected on March 15, 1865, but not until the legislature in joint session had substituted for the majority rule one making a plurality of votes sufficient to a choice. His right to his seat was promptly challenged, but the issue was not settled for a year.
On March 26, 1866, the judiciary committee of the United States Senate reported in his favor by a vote of 22 to 21, Stockton himself casting the decisive vote; but upon further protests, the next day he withdrew his vote and the committee unseated him, 23 to 21. The case attained great notoriety throughout the nation and led to a considerable pamphlet war. If Stockton, a Democrat, had retained his seat, the Senate might not have overridden President Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act.
Indignant at the alleged flouting of New Jersey's sovereignty, the legislature attempted ineffectively to withdraw New Jersey's ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the federal Congress was moved to regulate for the first time the election of senators (Act of July 25, 1866).
In 1869 Stockton was again a candidate, and this time was elected without a question, but at the end of his term (1875), despite public respect for his name and family, he was superseded by another Democratic leader, Theodore Fitz Randolph. His hopes for the governorship were disappointed by the choice of General G. B. McClellan, and he had to be contented with the post of attorney-general, which from 1877 he held for twenty years.
He continued to take part in state politics, he was never a determining factor, and he held his place largely through family influence. After retiring from office in 1897, he practised law in Jersey City.
He died in 1900.
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Reports Of Cases Argued And Determined In The Court Of Chancery, And, On Appeal, In The Court Of Errors And Appeals Of The State Of New Jersey, Volume 11
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Reports Of Cases Argued And Determined In The Court Of Chancery, And, On Appeal, In The Court Of Errors And Appeals Of The State Of New Jersey, Volume 9
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Politics
In 1862 he was sufficiently prominent to report at the state Democratic convention the resolutions extending to the Administration support in the "speedy suppression of the rebellion by all Constitutional means" but objecting to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, to the restriction of freedom of speech and of the press, and to the emancipation of slaves.
During the Civil War he conducted a law practice at Trenton and, as a Democrat, made his first serious attempt to enter politics. Three years later Stockton's election as United States senator gave rise to a celebrated contest.
Personality
Contemporaries describe Stockton as a convincing speaker, with a melodious voice and facile diction.
Connections
He married Sarah Marks and had two sons and a daughter, all three of whom survived him.
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