Mark Schuler: Richard F. Stockton

Artist: Mark Schuler
1951 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1982
Image Size: 11.875 by 14.75 inches
Overall Size: 17 by 20 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Richard Stockton once noted he had no interest in politics. "The public is generally unthankful," he said, "and I never will become a servant of it, till I am convinced that by neglecting my own affairs I am doing more acceptable Service to God and Man." The words are typical of Stockton, who has been compared to George Washington in temperament. "They were both perfect gentlemen of the antique world; courteous, dignified, methodical, never forgetting themselves," someone once said. But, apparently, Stockton eventually became convinced of the higher good involved in political endeavors. For, in 1768, he was appointed to the governing Council of New Jersey and in 1774 became a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court. His political interests brought him to the Continental Congress in 1776 where he took an active interest and enthusiastically signed the Declaration of Independence. He paid dearly for this move, however, as he was taken prisoner by the British shortly thereafter. Although imprisoned only one month, his health was broken, he became an invalid and died in 1781.

This artwork was originally published on a Fleetwood® Commemorative Cover for the Proudest Americans of the Fifty States Collection featuring each of the ninety-three men and women who are honored in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. Each Cover was postmarked on the anniversary of his or her birth.

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