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Horace Harmon Lurton
Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He joined the court in 1909 after a nomination from President William H. Taft. He served on the Supreme Court until his death on July 12, 1914. Prior to joining the court, Lurton was a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.[1]
Lurton was one of six justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Taft. He served during The Fuller Court and The White Court.[2]
Early life and education
Lurton received an undergraduate degree from Douglas University and a LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1867.[1]
Military service
- Army of the Confederacy Sergeant Major, 5th Tennessee Infantry, 2nd Kentucky Infantry & 3rd Kentucky Cavalry, 1861-1865[1]
Professional career
- 1905-1909: Dean of Law Department, Vanderbilt University
- 1886-1893: Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court
- 1878-1886: Attorney in private practice, Clarksville, Tennessee
- 1875-1878: Chancellor, Sixth Chancery Division of Tennessee
- 1867-1875: Attorney in private practice, Clarksville, Tennessee[1]
Federal judicial career
Supreme Court
Lurton was nominated to the Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft on December 13, 1909, to a seat vacated by Justice Rufus Wheeler Peckham. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1909, and received commission that same day. Lurton served until his death on July 12, 1914.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Justice James Clark McReynolds.
Sixth Circuit
Lurton was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit by President Grover Cleveland on March 22, 1893. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 27, 1893, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until December 20, 1909.[1]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Howell Edmunds Jackson |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1893–1909 |
Succeeded by: Loyal Edwin Knappen |
| Preceded by: Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
Supreme Court 1909–1914 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: James Clark McReynolds
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jeffrey Sutton • Raymond Kethledge • Amul Thapar • Eric Clay • Richard Griffin • Karen Moore • Joan Larsen • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • John K. Bush • John Nalbandian • Eric Murphy • Chad Readler • Andre Mathis • Rachel Bloomekatz • Kevin Ritz | ||
| Senior judges |
Helene White • Alice Batchelder • Ralph Guy • James L. Ryan • Alan Norris • Richard Suhrheinrich • Martha Daughtrey • David McKeague • Deborah Cook • Julia Gibbons • John M. Rogers (Sixth Circuit) • Ronald Gilman • Danny Boggs • R. Guy Cole • Eugene Siler • Jane Stranch • | ||
| Former judges | Damon Keith • Bernice Donald • Gilbert Merritt • Cornelia Kennedy • Boyce Martin • Julian William Mack • Harry Wellford • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Herbert Milburn • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Halmer Hull Emmons • John Baxter • William E. Miller • Howell Edmunds Jackson • William Howard Taft • Horace Harmon Lurton • Henry Franklin Severens • William Rufus Day • Loyal Edwin Knappen • John Kelvey Richards • Arthur Carter Denison • John Wesley Warrington • Maurice Donahue • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Charles Harwood Moorman • Florence Ellinwood Allen • Elwood Hamilton • John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge) • Herschel Arant • Shackelford Miller • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Henry Brooks • Clifford O'Sullivan • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • John Peck II • Bailey Brown • Anthony Celebrezze • Bertram Combs • George Edwards (Sixth Circuit) • Thomas McAllister • Nathaniel Jones (federal judge) • Susan Neilson • Harry Phillips • David Aldrich Nelson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Alice Batchelder • Gilbert Merritt • Boyce Martin • Danny Boggs • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • R. Guy Cole • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Florence Ellinwood Allen • John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge) • Shackelford Miller • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • George Edwards (Sixth Circuit) • Thomas McAllister • Harry Phillips • | ||
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| 1909 |
Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard | ||
| 1910 |
Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White | ||
| 1911 |
Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer • Youmans | ||
| 1912 |
Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle • | ||
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| 1886 | |||
| 1887 | |||
| 1888 |
Allen • Fuller • Jenkins • Lacombe • Lamar • Maxey • Montgomery • Philips | ||
| 1893 |
Alvey • Bellinger • Bingham • Lurton • Morris • Seaman • Shepard • Simonton | ||
| 1894 | |||
| 1895 | |||
| 1896 |
Brown • Carland • Kirkpatrick • Lochren • Marshall • McHugh • Rogers | ||
| 1897 | |||
