Joseph Rucker Lamar

1857–1916 · Cedar Grove, GA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeWilliam H. Taft (Republican)Dec 17, 1910Death, Jan 2, 1916

Education

  • Washington and Lee University School of Law
  • Bethany College, B.A., 1877
  • Read law, 1878

Professional Career

Professor of Latin, Bethany College, 1879-1880; Private practice, Augusta, Georgia, 1880-1903, 1905-1911; State representative, Georgia, 1886-1889; Member, Commission to Recodify the Laws of Georgia, 1893-1895; Associate justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1903-1905

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