Horace Harmon Lurton

Horace Harmon Lurton
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
January 3, 1910 – July 12, 1914[1]
Nominated byWilliam Howard Taft
Preceded byRufus W. Peckham
Succeeded byJames Clark McReynolds
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
March 27, 1893 – December 20, 1909
Nominated byGrover Cleveland
Preceded byHowell Edmunds Jackson
Succeeded byLoyal Edwin Knappen
Personal details
Born
Horace Harmon Lurton

(1844-02-26)February 26, 1844
Newport, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJuly 12, 1914(1914-07-12) (aged 70)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Cause of deathHeart attack
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationOld University of Chicago
Cumberland School of Law (LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–1864
RankFirst Lieutenant
UnitTennessee 5th Tennessee Infantry
Kentucky 2nd Kentucky Cavalry
Kentucky 3rd Kentucky Cavalry[2]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Justice Lurton, bottom left, with his home in Nashville, his wife, center, and children

Horace Harmon Lurton (February 26, 1844 – July 12, 1914) was a Confederate soldier and later, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

  1. ^ "Justices 1789 to Present". Washington, D.C.: Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference National Archives Kentucky was invoked but never defined (see the help page).