Henry Stockbridge Jr. (September 18, 1856 – March 22, 1924) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Stockbridge attended public and private schools and

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. He graduated from

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in 1877, where he was a member of

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fraternity. He attended law school at the

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and graduated in 1878. He was

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in the latter year and commenced practice in Baltimore. He was also employed on the editorial staff of the ''Baltimore Herald'' and later with the ''Baltimore American''. He was appointed as an examiner in equity by the supreme bench of Baltimore in December 1882. Stockbridge was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890. Afterwards, he served as United States commissioner of immigration for the port of Baltimore from 1891 to 1893. He was a member of the

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and served as the 14th President General of the National Society of

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. Stockbridge was elected judge of the supreme bench of Baltimore in November 1896 and served until 1911, and was a Regent of the

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from 1907 to 1920. He was appointed judge of the

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on April 13, 1911, and was elected in November 1911 for a term of fifteen years. He died in Baltimore, and is interred in

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