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| | Richard Stockton |
 | | He was a presidential elector in 1792, and in 1796 was chosen to the United States senate as a Federalist for the unexpired term of Frederick Freling-huysen, resigned, serving from 6 December of that year till 3 March, 1799, when he declined to be a candidate for re-election. |
 | | The committee on the judiciary unanimously reported in favor of the validity of his election, and their report was accepted by a vote of twenty-two to twenty-one, Mr. |
 | | Richard's father, John, inherited "Morven," the family-seat, and was for many years chief judge of the court of common pleas of Somerset county. |
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