James Sproat Green

In 1835, Green was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey by President Andrew Jackson. He continued to serve until 1850

In 1844, he was nominated by President John Tyler to be Secretary of the Treasury, but the nomination was not confirmed by the Senate

He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) from 1828 to 1862.[2] In 1847, when Princeton Law School was founded, Green was named professor of jurisprudence on a faculty that also included Joseph Coerten Hornblower and Richard Stockton Field. He held the professorship until 1855

He married Isabella Williamson McCulloh (1792-1865) on January 25, 1825. They had five children:

• Ashbel Green (1825-1898)
• Anna McCulloh Green (1827-?)
• James Sproat Green (1829-1892)
• Robert Stockton Green (1831-1895), Governor of New Jersey
• Isabella Green (1834-1906)