Horace H. Lurton

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Also known as: Horace Harmon Lurton
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In full:
Horace Harmon Lurton
Born:
February 26, 1844, Newport, Kentucky, U.S.
Died:
July 12, 1914, Atlantic City, New Jersey (aged 70)

Horace H. Lurton (born February 26, 1844, Newport, Kentucky, U.S.—died July 12, 1914, Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1910–14). Lurton enlisted in the Confederate army at the outbreak of the war and was twice taken prisoner, but he was paroled by President Abraham Lincoln the second time upon his mother’s appeal, pleading illness. After the war he finished his studies and established a successful legal practice in Clarksville, Tennessee, until elected to the state Supreme Court in 1886. During 1898–1910 he also taught law at Vanderbilt University. In 1893 President Grover ...(100 of 188 words)