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Emory Speer

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1885

Emory Speer , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Emory Speer (September 3, 1848 – December 13, 1918) was a United States representative from Georgia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Education

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  • University of GeorgiaA.B., 1869

Career

Confederate Army private, 1864-1865; Private practice, Athens, Georgia, 1869-1883; Solicitor general, State of Georgia, 1873-1876; U.S. representative from Georgia, 1879-1883; Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1883-1885; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1883-1885; Dean, Mercer University Law School, Macon, Georgia, 1893-1918

Biography

Emory Speer (September 3, 1848 – December 13, 1918) was a United States representative from Georgia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

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