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RICHARD STOCKTON

Richard Stockton was an American jurist. He was born in 1730 and died in 1781. He was called to the bar in 1754 and attained great reputation. He became a member of the New Jersey Executive Council in 1768 and a Judge of the Provincial Supreme Court in 1774. He hoped for a reconciliation between the colonies and England, and wrote 'An Expedient for the Settlement of the American Disputes', in which he proposed a plan of colonial self-government. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1777, and signed the American Declaration of Independence. He was appointed to inspect the Northern army, but was captured by Loyalists.
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