OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Joseph Rucker Lamar

BORN:
October 14, 1857
Ruckersville, Georgia

DIED:
January 2, 1916 (age 58)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Bethany College, West Virginia (BA, 1877)
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Read Law (1878)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1879-1880:
Professor of Latin, Bethany College
1880-1903:
Practiced Law in Augusta, Georgia
1886-1889:
Member, Georgia House of Representatives
1893-1895:
Member, Commission to Recodify the Laws of Georgia
1901-1905:
Associate Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
1905-1911:
Practiced Law in Augusta, Georgia
1911-1916:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia

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