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Mahlon Dickerson

Mahlon Dickerson
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
July 23, 1840 – February 16, 1841
Appointed byMartin Van Buren
Preceded byWilliam Rossell
Succeeded byPhilemon Dickerson
10th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office
July 1, 1834 – June 30, 1838
PresidentAndrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Preceded byLevi Woodbury
Succeeded byJames Kirke Paulding
United States Senator
from New Jersey
In office
January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1833
Preceded byEphraim Bateman
Succeeded bySamuel L. Southard
In office
March 4, 1817 – January 30, 1829
Preceded byJohn Condit
Succeeded byTheodore Frelinghuysen
7th Governor of New Jersey
In office
October 26, 1815 – February 1, 1817
Preceded byWilliam Kennedy (acting)
Succeeded byIsaac Halstead Williamson
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office
July 22, 1808 – January 9, 1809
GovernorThomas McKean
Simon Snyder
Preceded byJoseph McKean
Succeeded byWalter Franklin
Personal details
Born
Mahlon Dickerson

(1770-04-17)April 17, 1770
Hanover Neck,
Province of New Jersey,
British America
DiedOctober 5, 1853(1853-10-05) (aged 83)
Succasunna, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting placePresbyterian Cemetery
Succasunna, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Jacksonian
RelativesPhilemon Dickerson (brother)
EducationPrinceton University (A.B.)
read law
ProfessionAttorney
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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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