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Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 6 P23

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 6 P23 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 208 LAMAR LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS Lucius Q. C. Lamar. PHOTOGRAPH BY NAPOLEON SARONY. COLLECTION OF THE SUPREMECOURT OFTHE UNITED STATES. V LAMAR LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1888 to 1893. Lamar s public service spanning almost 50 years included both houses of Congress the executive branch and the CONFEDERACY. Lamar was born September 17 1825 in Eatonton Georgia the son of a wealthy plantation owner. He graduated from Emory College in 1845 and then apprenticed in the law. He was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1847. In 1849 he moved to Oxford Mississippi where he taught mathematics at the University of Mississippi. He briefly returned to Georgia where he served in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1853. He relocated to Mississippi in 1855 and began building his political career. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served from 1857 to 1860 relinquishing his seat with the secession of the southern states in 1861. Lamar played an important role in the 1861 Mississippi Secession Convention. Although he had doubts about the theory of secession from the Union he was influenced by his father-inlaw Augustus Longstreet an avowed separatist. At the convention Lamar drafted the ordinance of secession which declared Mississippi no longer a part of the Union. He joined the Confederate militia and served as a colonel in the Mississippi regiment. He also acted in various diplomatic capacities for the Confederacy and from 1864 to 1865 he served as judge advocate of the Army of Virginia. Following the war Lamar resumed his law practice and teaching career in Oxford. His teaching duties expanded to the University of Mississippi law school. In 1873 Lamar was again elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1877 he was elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1885 President Grover Cleveland appointed Lamar secretary of the interior. In 1887 President Cleveland nominated