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Joseph Rucker Lamar
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
Joseph Rucker Lamar , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Joseph Rucker Lamar (October 14, 1857 – January 2, 1916) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed by President William Howard Taft. A cousin of former associate justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, he served from 1911 until his death in 1916.
Positions
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1910-12-17–1916-01-02
Education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law
- Bethany CollegeB.A., 1877
- Read law1878
Career
Professor of Latin, Bethany College, 1879-1880; Private practice, Augusta, Georgia, 1880-1903, 1905-1911; State representative, Georgia, 1886-1889; Member, Commission to Recodify the Laws of Georgia, 1893-1895; Associate justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1903-1905
Biography
Joseph Rucker Lamar (October 14, 1857 – January 2, 1916) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed by President William Howard Taft. A cousin of former associate justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, he served from 1911 until his death in 1916.
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