Horace Harmon Lurton

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1909 - 1914

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United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

Years in office: 1893 - 1909

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U.S. Circuit Courts for the 6th Circuit

Years in office: 1893 - 1909

Education

Law

Cumberland University Law, 1867

Personal

Birthplace

Newport, KY

Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) was an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. He joined the court in 1909 after a nomination from PresidentWilliam 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 theUnited 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 duringThe Fuller Court andThe 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 PresidentWilliam Howard Taft on December 13, 1909, to a seat vacated by JusticeRufus Wheeler Peckham. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 20, 1909, and received commission that same day. Lurton served until his death onJuly 12, 1914.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by JusticeJames Clark McReynolds.

Sixth Circuit

Lurton was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit by PresidentGrover Cleveland on March 22, 1893. He was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 27, 1893, and received commission that same day. He served on this court untilDecember 20, 1909.^[1]

See also

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

External links

• Law Library - American Law and Legal Information, "Biography"

Footnotes

v • e Justices of theSupreme Court of the United States
Active justices	Chief justice:Roberts Associate justices:Alito •Barrett •Gorsuch •Jackson •Kagan •Kavanaugh •Sotomayor •Thomas
Senior justices	Breyer •Kennedy •Souter
Former chief justices	Burger •Chase •Ellsworth •Fuller •Hughes •Jay •Marshall •Rehnquist •Rutledge •Stone •Taft •Taney •Vinson •Waite •Warren • White
Former associate justices	O'Connor •Baldwin •Barbour •Black •Blackmun •Blair •Blatchford •Bradley •Brandeis •Brennan •Brewer •Brown •Burton •Butler •Byrnes •Campbell •Cardozo •Catron •Chase •Clark •Clarke •Clifford •Curtis •Cushing •Daniel •Davis •Day •Douglas •Duvall •Field •Fortas •Frankfurter •Ginsburg •Goldberg •Gray •Grier •Harlan I •Harlan II •Holmes •Hunt •Iredell •H. Jackson •R. Jackson •T. Johnson •W. Johnson, Jr. •J. Lamar •L. Lamar •Livingston •Lurton •Marshall •Matthews •McKenna •McKinley •McLean •McReynolds •Miller •Minton •Moody •Moore •Murphy •Nelson •Paterson •Peckham •Pitney •Powell •Reed •Roberts •W. Rutledge •Sanford •Scalia •Shiras •Stevens •Stewart •Story •Strong •Sutherland •Swayne •Thompson •Todd •Trimble •Van Devanter •Washington •Wayne •B. White •Whittaker •Wilson •Woodbury •Woods

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byWilliam Howard Taft
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 •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGrover Cleveland
1886	Jackson •Merrick •Severens
1887	Newman •Ross •Simonton •Thayer •Toulmin
1888	Allen •Fuller •Jenkins •Lacombe •Lamar •Maxey •Montgomery • Philips
1893	Alvey •Bellinger •Bingham •Lurton •Morris •Seaman •Shepard •Simonton
1894	Brawley •Parlange •Priest •Thayer •White
1895	Adams •Clark •Peckham •Showalter •Wellborn
1896	Brown •Carland •Kirkpatrick •Lochren •Marshall •McHugh •Rogers
1897	Amidon •Howry •Munger •Nott