Mahlon Pitney

Biography of Mahlon Pitney

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Pitney
• First Name: Mahlon
• Date of Birth: February , 5 , 1858
• Place of Birth (POB): Morristown , New Jersey (US-NJ, NJ, 34, N.J.)
• Date of Death: December , 9 , 1924
• Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Mahlon Pitney Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: William H. Taft ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 02/19/1912
• Seat vacated by: Harlan , John Marshall
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 02/19/1912
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 03/04/1912
• Senate voice vote?: No
• Senate vote Yes/No: 50/26
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/13/1912
• Commission Date: 03/13/1912
• Date of Termination: 12/31/1922
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

Mahlon Pitney in the Law School

• Name of School: College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1879

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1882

Mahlon Pitney Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Dover, New Jersey, 1882-1889
• Private practice, Morristown, New Jersey, 1889-1894
• U.S. representative from New Jersey, 1895-1899
• State senator, New Jersey, 1898-1901
• Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1901-1908
• Chancellor, New Jersey, 1908-1912

• Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Third Circuit, March 18, 1912-December 31, 1922

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