Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office July 23, 1840 – February 16, 1841 | |
| Appointed by | Martin Van Buren |
| Preceded by | William Rossell |
| Succeeded by | Philemon Dickerson |
| 10th United States Secretary of the Navy | |
| In office July 1, 1834 – June 30, 1838 | |
| President | Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren |
| Preceded by | Levi Woodbury |
| Succeeded by | James Kirke Paulding |
| United States Senator from New Jersey | |
| In office January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | |
| Preceded by | Ephraim Bateman |
| Succeeded by | Samuel L. Southard |
| In office March 4, 1817 – January 30, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | John Condit |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Frelinghuysen |
| 7th Governor of New Jersey | |
| In office October 26, 1815 – February 1, 1817 | |
| Preceded by | William Kennedy (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Halstead Williamson |
| Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office July 22, 1808 – January 9, 1809 | |
| Governor | Thomas McKean Simon Snyder |
| Preceded by | Joseph McKean |
| Succeeded by | Walter Franklin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mahlon Dickerson April 17, 1770 Hanover Neck, Province of New Jersey, British America |
| Died | October 5, 1853 (aged 83) Succasunna, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Resting place | Presbyterian Cemetery Succasunna, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Jacksonian |
| Relatives | Philemon Dickerson (brother) |
| Education | Princeton University (A.B.) read law |
| Profession | Attorney |
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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.