| Robert Stockton Green | |
| Office: | Judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals |
| Term Start: | 1894 |
| Term End: | May 7, 1895 |
| Office1: | Vice-Chancellor of the New Jersey Chancery Court |
| Term Start1: | 1890 |
| Term End1: | 1895 |
| Office2: | 27th Governor of New Jersey |
| Term Start2: | January 18, 1887 |
| Term End2: | January 21, 1890 |
| Predecessor2: | Leon Abbett |
| Successor2: | Leon Abbett |
| State3: | New Jersey |
| District3: | 3rd |
| Term Start3: | March 4, 1885 |
| Term End3: | January 17, 1887 |
| Predecessor3: | John Kean |
| Successor3: | John Kean |
| Office4: | Presiding Judge of the Union County Court of Common Pleas |
| Term Start4: | 1868 |
| Term End4: | 1873 |
| Office5: | Member of Elizabeth City council |
| Term Start5: | 1863 |
| Term End5: | 1873 |
| Office6: | Surrogate of Union County |
| Term Start6: | 1862 |
| Term End6: | 1867 |
| Office7: | Elizabeth City Attorney |
| Term Start7: | 1857 |
| Term End7: | 1868 |
| Office8: | Prosecuting Attorney of Union County |
| Term8: | 1857 |
| Spouse: | Mary Mulligan |
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1831 |
| Birth Place: | Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Signature: | Signature of Robert Stockton Green (1831–1895).png |
| Resting Place: | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, US |
| Children: | 4 |
| Parents: | James S. Green (father) Isabella Williamson McCulloh (mother) |
| Alma Mater: | College of New Jersey |
Robert Stockton Green (March 25, 1831 – May 7, 1895) was an American Democratic Party politician, who was the 27th governor of New Jersey from 1887 to 1890. He also sat for one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1887.
Green was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of James S. Green and the former Isabella Williamson McCulloh. His father was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1835 to 1850. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1850. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
On October 1, 1857, he married the former Mary E. Mulligan. They had four children: Caroline, Catherine, Isabelle and Robert Stockton Green Jr.
He was a member of the Elizabeth city council from 1863 to 1873, and was presiding judge of the Union County Court of Common Pleas from 1868 to 1873.
He was a U.S. representative in the Forty-ninth United States Congress from March 4, 1885, until his resignation on January 17, 1887, when he stepped down to become Governor of New Jersey from 1887 to 1889.
Green was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1860, 1880 and 1888.
He was a judge on the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, then the state's highest court, in 1894 and 1895.
He died in Elizabeth on May 7, 1895.[1] He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City.
