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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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
Mahlon Pitney
Mahlon R. Pitney IV (5 de febrero de - 9 de diciembre de ) fue un abogado, jurista y político estadounidense que sirvió en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos durante dos mandatos desde hasta Posteriormente se desempeñó como juez asociado de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos de a
Vida temprana y educación
La familia estadounidense Pitney se remonta a , cuando dos escoceses, Johnathan y James Pitney, establecieron la granja Pitney en Mendham Township, Nueva Jersey. El hijo de James, Mahlon Pitney, luchó en la Guerra Revolucionaria Americana junto a George Washington. Mahlon Pitney IV nació en Morristown, hijo de Sarah Louise (de soltera Halsted) y Henry Cooper Pitney. Asistió al College of New Jersey (ahora Universidad de Princeton), donde fue compañero de clase de Woodrow Wilson y se desempeñó como director del equipo de béisbol del campus. Tras graduarse en , estudió Derecho en el consultorio de su padre. Pitney aprobó el examen de la abogacía en y estableció una práctica privada en Dover, trabajando durante un tiempo en sociedad con su hermano, John Oliver Halstead Pitney.
Regresó a Morristown en para asumir el contr
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