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

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