Robert Stockton Green

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Robert Stockton Green, around 1887

Robert Stockton Green (born March 25, 1831 in Princeton , New Jersey , †  May 7, 1895 in Elizabeth , New Jersey) was an American politician and governor of the state of New Jersey from 1887 to 1890 . From 1885 to 1887 he also represented his state in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Robert Green attended Princeton University until 1850 . After completing a law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1853. Then he began to work in the town of Elizabeth in his new profession. He was the town's legal representative from 1857 to 1868, and was also employed in Union County from 1862 to 1867 . There he was presiding judge at an appeals court from 1868 to 1873.

Political career

Green was a member of the Democratic Party , whose federal party conventions he attended in 1860, 1880 and 1888 as a delegate. Between 1863 and 1873 Green was a councilor in Elizabeth. In 1873 he was on a commission to reform the New Jersey constitution. Between March 4, 1885 and January 17, 1887 he represented his state as a member of Congress . After he was elected the new governor of New Jersey on November 2, 1886, where he had prevailed with 47:44 percent of the vote against the Republican Benjamin Franklin Howey , he resigned his mandate in Congress on January 17, 1887.

Green began his three-year term on January 18, 1887. During his reign, the state's militia laws were improved. A health committee was set up and a statistical department established in the administration. The Agriculture Committee has been restructured. At the end of his term on January 21, 1890, Green became Vice Chancellor of New Jersey. He held this office until 1894. From 1894 until his death the following year he was a judge at an appeals court. The governor had four children with his wife, Mary Mulligan.

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SURNAME Green, Robert Stockton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Princeton , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1895
Place of death Elizabeth , New Jersey