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Mahlon Dickerson

Mahlon Dickerson

New Jersey District Court

Born 1770 in Hanover Neck, NJ

Died 1853 in Succasunna, NJ

FJC ID: 614

Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 – October 5, 1853) was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the seventh governor of New Jersey, United States Senator from New Jersey, the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Morris County, New Jersey
    Miner/iron manufacturer · 1810–1853
  2. Secretary of the U.S. Navy
    1834–1838
  3. U.S. senator from New Jersey
    1817–1833
  4. New Jersey State Council
    Vice-president · 1833
  5. New Jersey
    Governor · 1815–1817
  6. Supreme Court of New Jersey
    Justice · 1813–1815
  7. Supreme Court of New Jersey
    Reporter · 1813–1814
  8. New Jersey
    State assemblyman · 1811–1813
  9. Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    1797–1810
  10. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    City recorder · 1808–1810
  11. Adjutant-general for Pennsylvania
    1805–1808
  12. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    Commissioner of bankruptcy · 1802
  13. Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Common Council
    Member · 1799
  14. Private practice, Morristown, New Jersey
    1793–1794, 1794–1796
  15. Second Regiment of Cavalry
    New Jersey Detached Militia private · 1794
  16. Mayor's Court
    Judge

Appointments

  1. New Jersey District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    1840–1841 · Appointed by Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. Read law
    1793
  2. College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
    A.B. · 1789