Wednesday: Judgepedia's "Federal Courts, Empty Benches" Update →Horace Harmon Lurton
| Horace Harmon Lurton | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Justice |
| Position: | Seat #4 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | William H. Taft |
| Active: | 12/20/1909 - 7/12/1914 |
| Preceded by: | Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
| Succeeded by: | James Clark McReynolds |
| Past post: | Sixth Circuit |
| Past term: | 3/27/1893 - 12/20/1909 |
| Past post 2: | Tennessee Supreme Court |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | February 26, 1844 |
| Home State: | Newport, KY |
| Deceased: | July 12, 1914 |
| Law School: | Cumberland U. Law, LL.B., 1867 |
| Military service: | Army of the Confederacy, 1861-1865 |
Contents |
Early life and education
Military service
- Army of the Confederacy Sergeant Major, 5th Tennessee Infantry, 2nd Kentucky Infantry & 3rd Kentucky Cavalry, 1861-1865[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1867-1875, 1878-1886
- Chancellor, Sixth Chancery Division of Tennessee, 1875-1878
- Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1886-1893
- Dean of law department, Vanderbilt University, 1905-1909 [1]
Federal judicial career
Supreme Court
Justice Lurton was nominated to the Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft on December 13, 1909 to a seat vacated by Rufus Wheeler Peckham. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1909, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on July 12, 1914. [1] He was succeeded to this post by James Clark McReynolds.
Sixth Circuit
Lurton was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President Grover Cleveland on March 22, 1893. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 27, 1893, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until December 20, 1909. [1]
See also
External links
- Biography from the Law Library - American Law and Legal Information
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Justice Lurton's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Howell Edmunds Jackson |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1893–1909 |
Succeeded by: Loyal Edwin Knappen |
| Preceded by: Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
Supreme Court 1909–1914 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: James Clark McReynolds |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Alice Batchelder • Helene White • Raymond Kethledge • Bernice Donald • Boyce Martin • Eric Clay • David McKeague • Deborah Cook • Julia Gibbons • John M. Rogers • Jeffrey Sutton • Danny Boggs • Richard Griffin • Karen Moore • Guy Cole • Jane Stranch | ||
| Senior judges |
Damon Keith • Gilbert Merritt • Cornelia Kennedy • Ralph Guy • James Ryan • Alan Norris • Richard Suhrheinrich • Martha Daughtrey • Ronald Gilman • Harry Wellford • Eugene Siler • | ||
| Former judges | Julian William Mack • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Herbert Milburn • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Halmer Hull Emmons • John Baxter • William Miller • Howell Edmunds Jackson • William Howard Taft • Horace Harmon Lurton • Henry Franklin Severens • William Rufus Day • Loyal Edwin Knappen • John Kelvey Richards • Arthur Carter Denison • John Wesley Warrington • Maurice Donahue • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Charles Harwood Moorman • Florence Ellinwood Allen • Elwood Hamilton • John Donelson Martin • Herschel Arant • Shackelford Miller • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Henry Brooks • Clifford O'Sullivan • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • John Peck II • Bailey Brown • Anthony Celebrezze • Bertram Combs • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Nathaniel Jones • Susan Neilson • Harry Phillips • David Aldrich Nelson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Gilbert Merritt • Boyce Martin • Danny Boggs • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Florence Ellinwood Allen • John Donelson Martin • Shackelford Miller • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Harry Phillips • | ||
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| 1909 |
Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard | ||
| 1910 |
Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White | ||
| 1911 |
Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer • Youmans • | ||
| 1912 |
Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle • | ||
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| 1886 | |||
| 1887 | |||
| 1888 |
Allen • Fuller • Jenkins • Lacombe • Lamar • Maxey • Montgomery • Philips | ||
| 1893 |
Alvey • Bellinger • Bingham • Lurton • Morris • Seaman • Shepard • Simonton | ||
| 1894 | |||
| 1895 | |||
| 1896 |
Brown • Carland • Kirkpatrick • Lochren • Marshall • McHugh • Rogers | ||
| 1897 | |||
- Supreme Court, Seat 4
- Former federal judge, Sixth Circuit
- Former justices of the United States Supreme Court
- Former Tennessee supreme court judges
- Former Tennessee chancery court judges
- Former federal judge
- Appointed by Grover Cleveland
- Confirmed 1893
- Appointed by William Howard Taft
- Confirmed 1909
- Cumberland U. Law Alumni
- Army veteran
