1. Mahlon Dickerson 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.
Mahlon Dickerson was the brother of Philemon Dickerson, a United States representative from New Jersey and Mahlon Dickerson's successor on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Mahlon Dickerson was educated by private tutors, received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1789 from the College of New Jersey and read law in 1793.
Mahlon Dickerson was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Morristown, from 1793 to 1794, and from 1794 to 1796.
Mahlon Dickerson was a private in the New Jersey Detached Militia, Second Regiment of Cavalry in 1794, during the Whiskey Rebellion.
Mahlon Dickerson continued private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1810.
Mahlon Dickerson was a miner and iron manufacturer in Morris County, New Jersey from 1810 to 1853.
Mahlon Dickerson was a member of the Philadelphia Common Council in 1799.
Mahlon Dickerson was a commissioner of bankruptcy for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1802.
Mahlon Dickerson was Adjutant-general for Pennsylvania from 1805 to 1808.
Mahlon Dickerson was city recorder for Philadelphia from 1808 to 1810.
Mahlon Dickerson was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1811 to 1813.
Mahlon Dickerson was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1813 to 1815.
Mahlon Dickerson was reporter for the Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1813 to 1814.
Mahlon Dickerson was the 7th Governor of New Jersey from 1815 to 1817.
Mahlon Dickerson was elected as a Democratic-Republican from New Jersey to the United States Senate in 1816.
Mahlon Dickerson was reelected in 1823 and served from March 4,1817, to January 30,1829, when he resigned.
Mahlon Dickerson was immediately reelected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Senator Ephraim Bateman and served from January 30,1829, to March 3,1833.
Mahlon Dickerson was Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Library for the 15th United States Congress, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures for the 16th through the 18th United States Congresses and Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Manufactures for the 19th through the 22nd United States Congresses.
Mahlon Dickerson was vice-president of the New Jersey Legislative Council in 1833.
President Andrew Jackson initially appointed him as minister to Russia which Mahlon Dickerson had accepted only to find out upon his arrival to Washington DC that Jackson instead decided to make him the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy in 1834.
Mahlon Dickerson was re-appointed by President Martin Van Buren and served from June 1834 to June 1838.
Mahlon Dickerson was a delegate to the New Jersey Constitutional Convention in 1844.
Mahlon Dickerson was nominated by President Martin Van Buren on July 14,1840, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge William Rossell.
Mahlon Dickerson was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 21,1840, and received his commission on July 23,1840.
Mahlon Dickerson's service terminated on February 16,1841, due to his resignation.
Mahlon Dickerson died on October 5,1853, in Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey.
In 1807, Mahlon Dickerson was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.