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Mahlon Pitney

American jurist
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Born:
February 5, 1858, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Died:
December 9, 1924, Washington, D.C. (aged 66)
Title / Office:
supreme court (1912-1922), United States
Supreme Court of the United States (1912-1922), United States
House of Representatives (1895-1899), United States
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Mahlon Pitney (born February 5, 1858, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.—died December 9, 1924, Washington, D.C.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1912–22). After graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Pitney studied law with his father and took over his father’s practice when the latter was appointed vice chancellor of New Jersey in 1889. In 1894 Pitney was elected to the U.S. Congress, in which he served until 1899, followed by a term in the New Jersey state Senate and, in 1901, an appointment to the state Supreme Court. In 1908 he became ...(100 of 225 words)

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