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== Honors ==
== Honors ==
In [[1888]], New Jersey honored Stockton by donating a statue of him to the [[US Capitol]] [[National Statuary Hall Collection]].<ref name=AOC/> Only six signers of the Declaration of Independence are so represented.
In [[1888]], New Jersey honored Stockton by donating a statue of him to the [[US Capitol]] [[National Statuary Hall Collection]].<ref name=AOC/> Only six signers of the Declaration of Independence are so represented.
In [[November]] of [[1968]], the New Jersey legislature first approved a bond issue, and in [[1969]] it passed legislation to establish a college in his honor, the Richard [[Stockton College]] of New Jersey.<ref name=StocktonColl>Authors Unknown. "[http://president.stockton.edu/history.htm A Brief History of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey]." Office of the President, [[Stockton College]], 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2007.</ref>
The [[New Jersey Turnpike]] Authority also named a service area in his honor.<ref name=NJTP>Authors unknown. "[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/nj-vcenter-stockton.htm Richard Stockton Service Area]." ''New Jersey Turnpike Authority.'' Retrieved June 15, 2007.</ref>
The [[New Jersey Turnpike]] Authority also named a service area in his honor.<ref name=NJTP>Authors unknown. "[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/nj-vcenter-stockton.htm Richard Stockton Service Area]." ''New Jersey Turnpike Authority.'' Retrieved June 15, 2007.</ref>