Horace Harmon Lurton

Biography of Horace Harmon Lurton

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Lurton
• First Name: Horace
• Middle Name: Harmon
• Date of Birth: February , 26 , 1844
• Place of Birth (POB): Newport , Kentucky (US-KY, KY, 21, Ky., Ken., Kent.)
• Date of Death: July , 12 , 1914
• Place of Death (POD): Atlantic City , New Jersey (US-NJ, NJ, 34, N.J.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Horace Harmon Lurton Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit
• Court Type: United States Circuit Court (1869)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Grover Cleveland ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 03/22/1893
• Seat vacated by: Jackson , Howell Edmunds
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 03/22/1893
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 03/23/1893
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/27/1893
• Commission Date: 03/27/1893
• Date of Termination: 12/20/1909
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Second Appointment of Horace Harmon Lurton

• Court Name: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Court Type: United States Court of Appeals
• Promoted by President: Grover Cleveland ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 03/22/1893
• Seat vacated by: Jackson , Howell Edmunds
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 03/22/1893
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action: 03/23/1893
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/27/1893
• Commission Date: 03/27/1893
• Date of Termination: 12/20/1909
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Third Appointment of Horace Harmon Lurton

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC or “SCOTUS”)
• Promoted by President: William H. Taft ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/13/1909
• Seat vacated by: Peckham , Rufus W.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/13/1909
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/16/1909
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/20/1909
• Commission Date: 12/20/1909

Horace Harmon Lurton in the Law School

• Name of School: Douglas University, Chicago, Illinois

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Cumberland School of Law
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1867

Horace Harmon Lurton Career Path

Employment:

• Confederate Army sergeant major, 5th Tennessee Infantry, 2nd Kentucky Infantry and 3rd Kentucky Cavalry, 1861-1865
• Private practice, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1867-1875, 1878-1886
• Chancellor, Tennessee Chancery Court, Sixth Judicial District, 1875-1878
• Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1886-1893
• Dean of law department, Vanderbilt University, 1905-1909
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Second Circuit, January 10, 1910-January 8, 1911
• Third Circuit, January 9, 1911-March 17, 1912
• Seventh Circuit, March 18, 1912-July 12, 1914

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