Horace Harmon Lurton

1844–1914 · Newport, KY

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth CircuitJudgeGrover Cleveland (Democratic)Mar 27, 1893Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Dec 20, 1909
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitJudgeGrover Cleveland (Democratic)Mar 27, 1893Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Dec 20, 1909
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeWilliam H. Taft (Republican)Dec 20, 1909Death, Jul 12, 1914

Education

  • Douglas University, Chicago, Illinois
  • Cumberland School of Law, LL.B., 1867

Professional Career

Confederate Army sergeant major, 5th Tennessee Infantry, 2nd Kentucky Infantry and 3rd Kentucky Cavalry, 1861-1865; Private practice, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1867-1875, 1878-1886; Chancellor, Tennessee Chancery Court, Sixth Judicial District, 1875-1878; Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1886-1893; Dean of law department, Vanderbilt University, 1905-1909

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