Lucius Q. C. Lamar | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| In office January 18, 1888 – January 23, 1893 | |
| Nominated by | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | William Burnham Woods |
| Succeeded by | Howell Edmunds Jackson |
| 16th United States Secretary of the Interior | |
| In office March 6, 1885 – January 10, 1888 | |
| President | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | Henry Teller |
| Succeeded by | William Vilas |
| United States Senator from Mississippi | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | James Alcorn |
| Succeeded by | Edward Walthall |
| Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | |
| Speaker | Michael C. Kerr (1875–1876) Samuel J. Randall (1876–1877) |
| Preceded by | William E. Niblack |
| Succeeded by | Hiester Clymer |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | George Harris |
| Succeeded by | Henry Muldrow |
| In office March 4, 1857 – January 12, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Wright |
| Succeeded by | George Harris (1870) |
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Newton County | |
| In office November 7, 1853 – February 17, 1854 Serving with P. Reynolds | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 17, 1825 Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 1893 (aged 67) Vineville, Georgia, U.S. (now Macon) |
| Resting place | St. Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Education | Emory University (BA) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States |
| Branch | Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Wars | American Civil War |
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893) was a Confederate soldier, American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Secretary of the Interior, and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served as an official in the Confederate States of America.
Born and educated in Georgia, he moved to Oxford, Mississippi, to establish a legal practice. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1856 and served until January 1861, when he helped draft Mississippi's Ordinance of Secession. He helped raise the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment and worked on the staff of his wife's cousin, General James Longstreet. In 1862, Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed Lamar to the position of Special Confederate Commissioner to Russia. Following the Civil War, Lamar taught at the University of Mississippi and was a delegate to several state constitutional conventions.
Lamar returned to the United States House of Representatives in 1873, becoming the first Mississippi Democrat elected to the House since the end of the Civil War. He remained in the House until 1877, and represented Mississippi in the Senate from 1877 to 1885. He opposed Reconstruction and voting rights for African Americans.[1][2] In 1885, he accepted appointment as Grover Cleveland's Secretary of the Interior. In 1888, the Senate confirmed Lamar's nomination to the Supreme Court, making Lamar the first Southerner appointed to the court since the Civil War. He remained on the court until his death in 1893.
- ^ Mitchell, Dennis (2014). A New History of Mississippi. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-61703-977-5. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
Lamar told his audiences hat blacks were unfit to vote
- ^ Teed, Paul (2015). Reconstruction: A Reference Guide. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-61069-533-6. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2020.