Answer the following question: Facts: - party: republican - predecessor: john marshall harlan johnston cornish - birth date: february 5 , 1858 - death date: 9 december 1924 - spouse: florence theodora shelton - office: associate justice of the united states supreme court - district: 4th - nominator: william howard taft - name: mahlon pitney - death place: washington , d.c. - birth place: morristown , new jersey - termstart: march 13 , 1912 march 4 , 1895 - termend: december 31 , 1922 january 10 , 1899 - successor: edward terry sanford joshua s. salmon - state: new jersey - imagesize: 250 - image: mahlon pitney cph.3b30300.jpg - religion: presbyterian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mahlon pitney .
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mahlon pitney -lrb- february 5 , 1858 -- december 9 , 1924 -rrb- was an american jurist and republican party politician from new jersey , who served in the united states congress and as an associate justice of the united states supreme court .