Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
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| Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Seat #4 |
| Position: | Former Justice |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Grover Cleveland |
| Active: | 1/16/1888 - 1/23/1893 |
| Preceded by: | William Burnham Woods |
| Succeeded by: | Howell Edmunds Jackson |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | September 17, 1825 |
| Home State: | Eatonton, GA |
| Deceased: | January 23, 1893 |
| Undergraduate: | Emory College, B.A., 1845 |
| Law School: | Read law, 1847 |
| Military service: | Confederate Army, 1861-1862, 1863-1865 |
Contents |
Early life and education
Military service
- Confederate Army, Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, 1861-1862
- Special Confederate Commissioner to Russia, 1862-1863
- Confederate Army, Third Army Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1863-1865[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Covington, Georgia, 1847-1849
- President, University of Mississippi, 1849-1852
- Professor, University of Mississippi, 1849-1852, 1855-1857, 1861, 1865-1870
- Private practice, Oxford, Mississippi, 1849-1852, 1855-1857, 1865-1870-1873
- Private practice, Covington, Georgia, 1852-1853
- Member, Georgia State Legislature, 1853
- Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1853-1855
- U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1857-1860, 1873-1877
- U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1877-1885
- U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1888 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court of the United States
He was nominated by President Grover Cleveland on December 6, 1887 to a seat vacated by William Burnham Woods. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 16, 1888, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on January 23, 1893.[1] He was succeeded to the post by Howell Edmunds Jackson.
See also
External links
- Biography from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Justice Lamar's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Burnham Woods |
Supreme Court 1888–1893 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: Howell Edmunds Jackson |
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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 | |||
