Mahlon Pitney (February 5, 1858-December 9, 1924) was an American jurist and politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States Congress and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Pitney served two terms in Congress as a Representative from New Jersey, and also served in the state senate and on the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft in 1912, and resigned in 1923 after suffering a stroke.
Preceded by: John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States March 18, 1912 - December 31, 1923 Succeeded by: Edward Terry Sanford The White Court 1912-1914: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | H.H. Lurton | C.E. Hughes | W. Van Devanter | J.R. Lamar | M. Pitney 1914-1916: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | C.E. Hughes | W. Van Devanter | J.R. Lamar | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds 1916-1921: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | J. H. Clarke The Taft Court 1921-1922: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | J.H. Clarke 1922: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | Geo. Sutherland