Theodore Fields

Theodore Fields was an American Democratic Party politician who served as a freeholder, and as sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Background

Theodore Fields was born near Eatontown, New Jersey. He was educated at the Ocean Hill Institute in Long Branch.

He was a farmer in Eatontown, later going into the hotel business in Avon-by-the-Sea and Manasquan, before locating in Wall Township and returning to farming.

While in Wall, Theodore Fields was appointed to the unexpired term of Freeholder Samuel M. Gifford, who had died in office. He would represent Wall Township on the board until May 1, 1887. At the May 14, 1884 annual reorganization, he was chosen as Director, and served as Director for three years before leaving the board.

After leaving the Board of Chosen Freeholders, Fields was nominated as the 1887 Democratic candidate for sheriff, and was elected to a three-year term in the general election that year. While sheriff, Fields relocated to Freehold, the county seat.

Constitutionally limited to one, three-year term, he left office in 1890, eventually returning to farming. A son, Houston Fields, would go on to serve as sheriff from 1896 to 1899.