Lurton, Horace H. (Horace Harmon), 1844-1914
Variant namesLurton served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, practiced law in Tennessee (1867-1886), was a justice on the Supreme Court of Tennessee(1886-1893), a judge for the U.S. Court of appeals for the 6th circuit (1893-1909), and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910-1914).
From the description of Letter to Edgar A. Bancroft, 8 June 1895. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339372
Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
From the description of Horace H. Lurton papers, 1860-1915 (bulk 1893-1915). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80699206
Biographical Note
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1844:
Born, Newport, Ky. -
1862 -1865 :Served in Confederate Army, Tennessee infantry -
1867:
LL.B., Cumberland University -
1867 -1886 :Practiced law, Clarksville, Tenn. -
1886 -1893 :Justice, supreme court of Tennessee -
1893:
Chief justice, supreme court of Tennessee -
1893 -1909 :United States circuit judge -
1905 -1909 :Dean, law department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. -
1909 -1914 :Associate justice, United States Supreme Court -
1914:
Died, Atlantic City, N.J.
From the guide to the Horace H. Lurton Papers, 1860-1915, (bulk 1893-1915), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940. Papers of Robert Baylor Tunstall and Virginia Hunter Lyne Tunstall [manuscript], 1803-1972, bulk 1868-1972. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Severens, Henry F., 1835-1923. Henry F. Severens papers, 1895-1926. | Bentley Historical Library | |
| creatorOf | Horace H. Lurton Papers, 1860-1915, (bulk 1893-1915) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Lurton, Horace H. (Horace Harmon), 1844-1914. Letter to Edgar A. Bancroft, 8 June 1895. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Walker, Albert Henry, 1844-1915. Albert Henry Walker correspondence, 1882-1913. | Library of Congress |
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| correspondedWith | Allen, A. W. B. | person |
| associatedWith | Bancroft, Edgar A., | person |
| associatedWith | Bridgeford & Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Bridgeford & Company (Louisville, Ky.) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923 | person |
| associatedWith | Finlay, Robert. | person |
| correspondedWith | Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911 | person |
| associatedWith | Johnson Island Prison. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Lamar, Joseph Rucker, 1857-1916 | person |
| correspondedWith | Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 | person |
| correspondedWith | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 | person |
| correspondedWith | Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 | person |
| associatedWith | Severens, Henry F., 1835-1923. | person |
| correspondedWith | Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Supreme Court. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of Chicago (1857-1886) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Walker, Albert Henry, 1844-1915. | person |
| correspondedWith | White, Edward Douglass, 1845-1921 | person |
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Person
Birth 1844-02-26
Death 1914-07-12
