Mahlon Pitney

Mahlon Pitney (born February 5, 1858, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.—died December 9, 1924, Washington, D.C.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1912–22). After graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Pitney studied law with his father and took over his father’s practice when the latter was appointed vice chancellor of New Jersey in 1889. In 1894 Pitney was elected to the U.S. Congress, in which he served until...