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Justice Stockton (other)
Justice Stockton may refer to: * Lacon D. Stockton (1814–1860), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman) Richard Stockton (October 1, 1730 – February 28, 1781) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, legislator, and first person from New Jersey to sign the Declaration of Independence. Early life Stockton was the son of John Stockton (17 ... (1730–1781), chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court * Richard Stockton (Mississippi politician) (c. 1792–1827), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi * Thomas Stockton (judge) (1609–1674), English-born judge who held office in seventeenth-century Ireland {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacon D
Lacon can refer to: ;People: * Demetrius Lacon (late 2nd century BC), Greek philosopher * Lacon family, a Sardinian dynasty * Lacon baronets, of the English baronetcy * William Lacon (ca. 1540–1609), English politician * Roland Lacon (ca. 1537–1608), English politician * Edmund Lacon (1807–1888), English politician * Lacon D. Stockton, judge in Iowa, USA in 1856–1860 * Oliver Lacon, a character in spy novels of John le Carré ;Places: * Lacon, Alabama * Lacon, Illinois * Lacon Township, Marshall County, Illinois ;Other: * ''Lacon'' (beetle), a click beetle Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family (biology), family of beetles. Other names include elaters, sna ... genus * L.A.con (other), four World Science Fiction Conventions held in Anaheim, California, United States See also * Laconia (other) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman)
Richard Stockton (October 1, 1730 – February 28, 1781) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, legislator, and first person from New Jersey to sign the Declaration of Independence. Early life Stockton was the son of John Stockton (1701–1758), a wealthy landowner who donated land and helped bring what is now Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey, located in Newark) to Princeton, New Jersey. He was born at the Stockton family home now known as Morven in the Stony Brook neighborhood of Princeton. He attended Samuel Finley's academy at Nottingham, which later became West Nottingham Academy, and the College of New Jersey located in Newark, graduating in 1748. He studied law with David Ogden of Newark, who was at that time the head of the legal profession in the province. Stockton was admitted to the bar in 1754 and soon rose to great distinction. In 1763, he received the degree of serjeant-at-law, the highest degree of law at that time. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stockton (Mississippi Politician)
Richard Stockton (c. 1792 – 1827) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1822 to 1825,Franklin Lafayette Riley, School History of Mississippi: For Use in Public and Private Schools' (1915), p. 380-82. and Attorney General of Mississippi from 1825 to 1827. His grandfather, also named Richard Stockton (1730–1781), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and his father, also named Richard Stockton (1764–1828), was a United States Senator for the state of New Jersey. Stockton was born in New Jersey and studied Law at Princeton University.Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., '' The Green Bag'', Vol. XI (1899), p. 505. Stockton was "described by historians as a high-strung lawyer who took top honors at Princeton University before emigrating from his native New Jersey to Mississippi in the 1820s"."Jerry Mitchell, "History of high court justices in Miss. reveals tradition of imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |