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an amendment. He declined reelection. Fourteen years later (1813) he was sent to the lower house, entirely, as he says, without his solicitations. New Jersey was at that time still federalist, a governor and legislature of that party having been chosen, but the opposition gained ground, the governor wasa dismissed and the next legisalture became strongly democratic, The district, however from which Stockton was elected remained federalist. It is from his work in the house that we learn most of the man. He took part in the debates expressing himself with force and clearness. Only once does he indulge in presonalities.This is in response to an attack Jared Ingersoll had made upon his (Stockton's) views. Stockton bitterly denounces a political turncoat, which INgersoll surely was, and boasts that his constituents knew that he

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87 an amendment. He declined reelection. Fourteen years later (1813) he was sent to the lower house, entirely, as he says, without his solicitations. New Jersey was at that time still federalist, a governor and legislature of that party having been chosen, but the opposition gained ground, the governor wasa dismissed and the next legisalture became strongly democratic, The district, however from which Stockton was elected remained federalist. It is from his work in the house that we learn most of the man. He took part in the debates expressing himself with force and clearness. Only once does he indulge in presonalities.This is in response to an attack Jared Ingersoll had made upon his (Stockton's) views. Stockton bitterly denounces a political turncoat, which INgersoll surely was, and boasts that his constituents knew that he