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[[Image:Richard Stockton.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Portrait bust of Richard Stockton in the [[Stockton College]] library]]

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|State:=New Jersey

|Religion:=Christian- Presbyterian <ref>http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html</ref>

|Founding Documents:=[[Declaration of Independence]]

 

'''Richard Stockton''' (1730–1781) was a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]].<ref name=Lives>[[B. J. Lossing|Lossing, BJ]]. ''[[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]].'' New York: George F. Cooledge and Bro., 1848. Reprint: Aledo, [[Texas|TX]]: Wallbuilder Press, 1995, pp. 77-80</ref> Like many signatories, he died prematurely on account of harsh treatment by the [[United Kingdom|British]]. He was an [[attorney]] by trade, and was born and lived in the colony of [[New Jersey]].

'''Richard Stockton''' (1730–1781) was a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]].<ref name=Lives>[[B. J. Lossing|Lossing, BJ]]. ''[[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]].'' New York: George F. Cooledge and Bro., 1848. Reprint: Aledo, [[Texas|TX]]: Wallbuilder Press, 1995, pp. 77-80</ref> Like many signatories, he died prematurely on account of harsh treatment by the [[United Kingdom|British]]. He was an [[attorney]] by trade, and was born and lived in the colony of [[New Jersey]].

== 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.