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Mahlon Dickerson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1840
Mahlon Dickerson , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. 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.
Education
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)A.B., 1789
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Career
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
Biography
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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