Mahlon Dickerson

Judge Mahlon Dickerson

Personal

Birthday:

4/17/1770

Birthplace:

Hanover Neck, NJ

Date of Death:

10/5/1853

Place of Death:

Succasunna, NJ

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Morristown, New Jersey, 1793-1794, 1794-1796
New Jersey Detached Militia private, Second Regiment of Cavalry, 1794
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1797-1810
Miner/iron manufacturer, Morris County, New Jersey, 1810-1853
Judge, Mayor`s Court
Member, Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Common Council, 1799
Commissioner of bankruptcy, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1802
Adjutant-general for Pennsylvania, 1805-1808
City recorder, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1808-1810
State assemblyman, New Jersey, 1811-1813
Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1813-1815
Reporter, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1813-1814
Governor, New Jersey, 1815-1817
U.S. senator from New Jersey, 1817-1833
Vice-president, New Jersey State Council, 1833
Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1834-1838

Education

Name of School:

College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1789

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1793

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Court Name:

New Jersey District Court

President Nominating:

Martin Van Buren

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

07/23/1840

Termination Date:

02/16/1841

Termination Reason:

Resignation