Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

Biography of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Lamar
• First Name: Lucius
• Middle Name: Quintus Cincinnatus
• Date of Birth: September , 17 , 1825
• Place of Birth (POB): Eatonton , Georgia (US-GA, GA, 13, Ga.)
• Date of Death: January , 23 , 1893
• Place of Death (POD): Macon , Georgia (US-GA, GA, 13, Ga.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Grover Cleveland ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/06/1887
• Seat vacated by: Woods , William B.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/12/1887
• Committee action: Reported Unfavorably
• Committee action date: 01/10/1888
• Senate voice vote?: No
• Senate vote Yes/No: 32/28
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/16/1888
• Commission Date: 01/16/1888
• Date of Termination: 01/23/1893
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar in the Law School

• Name of School: Emory College
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Law Degree Year: 1845

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1847

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Career Path

Employment:

• 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, 1865-1873
• Private practice, Covington, Georgia, 1852-1853
• State representative, Georgia, 1853
• Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1853-1855
• U.S. representative from Mississippi, 1857-1860, 1873-1877
• Confederate Army lieutenant colonel, Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, 1861-1862
• Special Confederate commissioner to Russia, 1862-1863
• Confederate Army judge advocate, Third Army Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1863-1865
• U.S. senator from Mississippi, 1877-1885
• Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1888

• Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Fifth Circuit, January 23, 1888-January 23, 1893

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