OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Horace Harmon Lurton
BORN:
February 26, 1844
Newport, Kentucky
DIED:
July 12, 1914 (age 70)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
EDUCATION:
Old University of Chicago
Cumberland School of Law (LLB)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1861-1865:
Sergeant Major, Confederate Army
5th Tennessee Infantry
2nd Kentucky Infantry
3rd Kentucky Cavalry
1867-1875:
Practiced Law in Clarksville, Tennessee
1875-1878:
Chancellor, Tennessee Chancery Court, Sixth Judicial District
1878-1886:
Practiced Law in Clarksville, Tennessee
1886-1893:
Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court
1893-1909:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1905-1909:
Dean of the Law Department, Vanderbilt University
1909-1914:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Library of Congress
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Library of Congress