Stockton was the Senate Majority Caucus leader (1967-1968) and the first woman to serve as the state's president pro tempore (1979-1980).
[2] She attended Vassar College but dropped out during the depression to work at Macy's, though she returned later to complete classes at Columbia University.
[3] Her father, Arthur Small, was worked for the Republican National Committee.
Stockton was the Senate Majority Caucus leader (1967-1968) and the first woman to serve as the state's president pro tempore (1979-1980).
[1][2] During over two decades in office, she chaired the Appropriations, Senate Services, and Health, Environment, Welfare, and Institutions committees, in addition to chair the Joint Budget Committee, which she was the first woman to do.