Mahlon Pitney

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Mahlon Pitney
65th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
In office March 18, 1912 – December 31, 1922
Nominated by	William Howard Taft
Preceded by	John Marshall Harlan
Succeeded by	Edward Terry Sanford
New Jersey's 4th congressional district
In office March 4, 1895 – January 10, 1899
Preceded by	Johnston Cornish
Succeeded by	Joshua S. Salmon
Born	February 5, 1858 Morristown, New Jersey
Died	December 9, 1924 (aged 66) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

Mahlon Pitney (February 5, 1858 – December 9, 1924) 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.

Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Pitney was a graduate of Princeton College. Pitney served two terms in Congress as a Representative from New Jersey from the 4th congressional district, and also served in the state senate and on the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft in 1912, and resigned in 1922 after suffering a stroke. Pitney died in 1924 in Washington, D.C., and was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, in Morristown, New Jersey.

Pitney was the great-grandfather of actor Christopher Reeve.^[1]

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• Oyez.com biography for Mahlon Pitney
• Supreme Court Justices: Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924)
• Mahlon Pitney at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Mahlon Pitney at The Political Graveyard
• Mahlon Pitney at Find A Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Johnston Cornish	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 4th congressional district March 4, 1895 – January 10, 1899	Succeeded by Joshua S. Salmon
Legal offices
Preceded by John Marshall Harlan	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States March 18, 1912 – December 31, 1922	Succeeded by Edward Terry Sanford

Supreme Court of the United States

The White Court Chief Justice: Edward Douglass White (1910–1921) 1912–1914: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | H.H. Lurton | C.E. Hughes | W. Van Devanter | J.R. Lamar | M. Pitney 1914–1916: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | C.E. Hughes | W. Van Devanter | J.R. Lamar | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds 1916–1921: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | J. H. Clarke The Taft Court Chief Justice: William Howard Taft (1921–1930) 1921–1922: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | J.H. Clarke 1922: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | Geo. Sutherland