James Sproat Green (July 21, 1792 – November 8, 1862) was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1835 to 1850.
He was the father of New Jersey Governor Robert Stockton Green.
His father was Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives from 1792 to 1800 and President of Princeton University from 1812 to 1822.
[1] In 1835, Green was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey by President Andrew Jackson.
[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.