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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyMahlon PITNEY
(1858-1924)
PITNEY, Mahlon, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Morristown, Morris County,
N.J., February 5, 1858; attended the public schools; was graduated
from Princeton College in 1879; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in June 1882 and practiced in Dover and Morristown, N.J.,
1882-1889; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and
Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to January
10, 1899, when he resigned; member of the State senate 1899-1901
and its president in 1901; associate justice of the supreme court
of New Jersey 1901-1908; chancellor of New Jersey from 1908 to
1912, when he resigned; appointed by President Taft as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States February 19,
1912, and took the oath of office March 18, 1912; served until
December 31, 1922, when he resigned; died in Washington, D.C.,
December 9, 1924; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown,
N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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