Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Grover Cleveland on December 6, 1887. 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]
Education
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
- 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
- U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1877-1885
- U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1888 [1]
External links
- Biography from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 | 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 | |||
