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Mahlon Pitney

Mahlon Pitney

Supreme Court of the United States

Born 1858 in Morristown, NJ

Died 1924 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 1891

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year

Supreme Court of the United States · 1912–192219121920194019601980200020202026140
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 256/year

Supreme Court of the United States · 1912–1922191219201940196019802000202020262560
citing decisions

Supreme Court of the United States · 1912–1922

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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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.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. New Jersey
    Chancellor · 1908–1912
  2. Supreme Court of New Jersey
    Justice · 1901–1908
  3. New Jersey
    State senator · 1898–1901
  4. U.S. representative from New Jersey
    1895–1899
  5. Private practice, Morristown, New Jersey
    1889–1894
  6. Private practice, Dover, New Jersey
    1882–1889

Appointments

  1. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    1912–1922 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. Read law
    1882
  2. College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
    A.B. · 1879