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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Grover Cleveland and confirmed Jan 16, 1888 by a 32–28 Senate vote.
- Appointed by
- Grover Cleveland
- Confirmed
- Jan 16, 1888
- Senate vote
- 32–28
- Born
- 1825
Appointments
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesGrover Cleveland · Jan 16, 1888 – Jan 23, 1893
Education
- Emory CollegeB.A., 1845
- Read law1847
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, 1865-1873; 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
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