Mahlon Pitney

Mahlon Pitney
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
March 18, 1912 – December 31, 1922[1]
Nominated byWilliam Taft
Preceded byJohn Marshall Harlan
Succeeded byEdward Terry Sanford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1895 – January 10, 1899
Preceded byJohnston Cornish
Succeeded byJoshua Salmon
Personal details
Born(1858-02-05)February 5, 1858
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedDecember 9, 1924(1924-12-09) (aged 66)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeEvergreen Cemetery in Morristown, New Jersey
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Florence Shelton
(m. 1891)
Children3, including Beatrice Pitney Lamb
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
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Mahlon R. Pitney IV (February 5, 1858 – December 9, 1924) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms from 1895 to 1899. He later served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1912 to 1922.

  1. ^ "Justices 1789 to Present". Washington, D.C.: Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved February 15, 2022.