Talk:Robert F. Stockton

John Ericsson
Where did the information in the article about Stockton designing the cannon and blameing Ericsson come from? I know Stockton was absolved of any blame in the accident but have never heard this before.--An American Patriot 20:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

There was an article in the NY Times on Aug 9, 2011 praising Ericsson and somewhat condemnatory of Stockton (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/science/09monitor.html) that discusses this. More can be found at military.com (http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,NH_0905_Cruise-P2,00.html) and in an article at about.com by historian Kennedy Hickman (http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/shipprofiles/p/Us-Navy-Uss-Princeton-1843.htm). Hickman states that Stockman used his political connections to shift blame to Ericsson. MarkGlass2000 09 August 2011

Naming
I must challenge (or at least question) the claim that Stockton Street in San Francisco is named for Commodore Stockton. My understanding is that it is named for the city of Stockton (much like Sacramento Street). Since the city of Stockton is named for the Commodore, this is a very fine distinction, I realize, but important nonetheless. I will continue to research this issue, and I invite anyone who can substantiate the claim that the street was named for the man directly, rather than at one remove, to educate me. Altgeld (talk) 23:35, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Every history source I've found states it was for the Commodore specifically. But they could be wrong. While Sacramento is nearby, it's a cross street and Stockton is parallel and adjacent to other contemporary people named streets. But there was no single naming style even by individuals who named portions of that neighborhood. I thought perhaps the timing of the name would help, if the street were named Stockton before the city was renamed Stockton that would confirm it was for the Commodore. Unfortunately that's a small window since they seemed to waste little time naming the city after him from the time he first made any impression in California. I would argue only after the Mexican-American war would it be likely, which was in 1848. City founder Captain Weber named it Stockton sometime around 1849-1850. I have found an 1851 map of San Francisco where the street was already named Stockton, and Sacramento was already named too. Basically a long way to say I don't know, but I'll keep an eye out. Maybe in the next few years I'll have an answer. J1DW (talk) 13:46, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Fort Stockton
This article says Fort Stockton is named after him, however the Wiki article on Fort Stockton directly linked from this page states that the fort is named after "First Lieutenant Edward Dorsey Stockton". J1DW (talk) 12:52, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Coat of Arms?
Why are we indulging this guy's ridiculous pretension of having a coat of arms?

Picture
I believe the current picture on this is not of Commodore Stockton but of his son. May want to change that 45.21.14.106 (talk) 18:10, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Picture
The actual subject of File:Hon. Robert F. Stockton, N.J - NARA - 526010 (cropped).jpg has been debated since at least 2013 (see File talk:Hon. Robert F. Stockton, N.J - NARA - 526010 (cropped).jpg), and should not be used as the photo for Robert F. Stockton for accuracy purposes. Mglaumbach (talk) 16:49, 23 February 2024 (UTC)