Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus

Born September 17, 1825, in Eatonton, GA
Died January 23, 1893, in Macon, GA

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Grover Cleveland on December 6, 1887, to a seat vacated by William B. Woods. Confirmed by the Senate on January 16, 1888, and received commission on January 16, 1888. Service terminated on January 23, 1893, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
January 18, 1888

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Fifth Circuit, January 23, 1888-January 23, 1893

Education:
Emory College, B.A., 1845
Read law, 1847

Professional Career:

Private practice, Covington, Georgia, 1847-1849
President, University of Mississippi, 1849-1852
Professor, University of Mississippi, 1849-1852, 1855-1857, 1861, 1865-1870
Private practice, Oxford, Mississippi, 1849-1852, 1855-1857, 1865-1873
Private practice, Covington, Georgia, 1852-1853
State representative, Georgia, 1853
Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1853-1855
U.S. representative from Mississippi, 1857-1860, 1873-1877
Confederate Army lieutenant colonel, Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, 1861-1862
Special Confederate commissioner to Russia, 1862-1863
Confederate Army judge advocate, Third Army Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1863-1865
U.S. senator from Mississippi, 1877-1885
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1888

Bibliography

Angelillo, Joseph. "The 'Unrepentant Secessionist': The Nomination of L.Q.C. Lamar and the Retreat from Reconstruction." Journal of Supreme Court History 46, no. 1 (March 2021): 42-61.

Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage: Decisive Moments in the Lives of Celebrated Americans. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1955.

O’Connor, Sandra Day. “Supreme Court Justices from Georgia.” Georgia Journal of Southern Legal History, vol. 1, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1991): 395-406.

Manuscript Collections

Duke University
Durham, N.C.
L.Q.C. Lamar letter and clipping, 1875-1887.
2 items; letter from Lamar to Richard J. Hinton and clipping announcing Lamar's second marriage.

Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Mass.
Letters to L.Q.C. Lamar, 1877-1884.
30 p.; 11 letters from various individuals regarding both personal matters and issues before the U.S. Senate.

Mississippi State Department of Archives and History
Jackson, Miss.
Papers of L.Q.C. Lamar and Edward Mayes, 1854-1918.
240 items and 5 vols.; finding aid; collection contains correspondence, legal papers, drafts of speeches, and other material.

L.Q.C. Lamar papers, 1861-1862.
1 vol.; finding aid; correspondence and documents relating to Lamar's mission as special commissioner for the Confederate States of America to Russia.

University of Mississippi School of Law
University, Miss.
Letters from L.Q.C. Lamar to various family members, ca. 1858-1892.
29 leaves; family correspondence.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Southern Historical Collection
Chapel Hill, N.C.
L.Q.C. Lamar papers, 1864-1874.
9 items; finding aid; collection contains 7 letters (1868-1874) from Lamar to relatives and friends concerning family and personal matters, and 2 letters (1864) concerning European attitudes toward the Confederacy.

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