By Kaleena Fraga
William Howard Taft never wanted to be president. He was driven to the White House on the crest of his wife&#;s ambitions&#;she had wanted to be First Lady since childhood. Taft&#;s enduring goal was to join the Supreme Court.
When Taft became president in , he noted to a friend that &#;if I were now presiding in the Supreme Court of the United States as Chief Justice, I should feel entirely at home, but with the troubles of selecting a cabinet and the difficulties in respect to the revision of the tariff, I just feel a bit like a fish out of water.&#;
Taft had harbored this ambition since he became a superior court judge in his late twenties. Several times he got close&#;President McKinley promised him an appointment if Taft would accept his order to serve as Governor General of the Philippines. And President Roosevelt had similarly (twice) offered an appointment. But Taft found himself consistently answering to other callings outside of the Supreme Court&#;he felt he could not leave his work in the Philippines and his wife, Nellie, convinced him pursue the presidency instead.
Taft didn&#;t especially enjoy being president&#;he once remarked that he hardly
Mahlon Pitney
Prior offices
Supreme Court of the United States
Personal
Mahlon Pitney () was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President William Howard Taft on February 19, He resigned on December 31, Prior to joining the Supreme Court, Pitney was the Chancellor of the State for the New Jersey Courts.[1]
Pitney was one of four justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Taft. He served during The White Court and The Taft Court.[2]
Education
Pitney received an A.B. degree from the College of New Jersey in He received his legal education by reading law.[1]
Professional career
- Chancellor of the State, New Jersey Courts
- Judge, New Jersey Supreme Court
- New Jersey State Senator
- U.S. Representative from New Jersey
- Attorney in private practice, Morristown, New Jersey
- Attorney in private practice, Dover, New Jersey[1]
Federal judicial career
Pitney was nominated by President William Howard Taft on February 19, , to fill the seat vacated by Justice John Marshall Harlan. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 13, , and received commission that sam
United States Supreme Court: Portraits and Autographs
About this Exhibit
This exhibit is designed to feature some of the notable portraits and documents available in the United States Supreme Court: Portraits and Autographs collection at the University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library, as well as to provide some resources for further research on these individuals and documents.
This exhibit specifically features the portraits and signed letters/documents of the following U.S. Supreme Court Justices: John Jay, John Rutledge, Oliver Ellsworth, John Marshall, William Johnson, John McLean, Roger Brooke Taney, Peter Vivian Daniel, David Davis, Salmon Portland Chase, William Strong, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Rufus Day, and William Howard Taft.
The documents featured in the exhibit cover a wide range of topics and span many years. The earliest document featured in this exhibit is from (the Writ from King George III on the John Rutledge page) and the latest document featured in the exhibit is from (a letter from William Howard Taft to Florence Pitney, wife of Justice Mahlon Pitney). While there is great variety in the topics mentioned in the various letters and documents, a
Mahlon Pitney
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Mahlon R. Pitney was an American jurist and Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States Congress and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Background
Mahlon Pitney was born on February 5,, on a farm near Morristown, New Jersey, the second son of Henry Cooper Pitney and Sarah Louisa Halsted Pitney. His father practiced law and encouraged his son to pursue the same vocation. The two would eventually serve together briefly in the New Jersey state judicial system.
Education
After an early education in private schools, Mahlon entered the College of New Jersey (eventually to become Princeton University) in , where he was a classmate of future president VVoodrow Wilson. There, in addition to his studies, he proved to be a talented debater and also managed the college’s baseball team. He graduated in and promptly turned to the study of law in his father’s office, learning it, he later wrote, mostly by absorption from his father, who was “a walking encyclopedia of the law.” Once he passed the bar in , however, he escaped his father’s sha
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