Who appointed Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar?

President Grover Cleveland appointed Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1888.

Was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was appointed by President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar 32–28 on January 16, 1888.

Supreme Court / Appointed 1888 / Served to 1893

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed by President Grover Cleveland in 1888 and confirmed by the Senate 32–28, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Sources ↓

Lived: 1825–1893
Appointed by: Grover Cleveland, 1888
Confirmed: 32–28
Education: Emory College 1845
Succeeded: William Burnham Woods
Succeeded by: Howell Edmunds Jackson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1888	Supreme Court succeeded William Burnham Woods	Cleveland (D)	32–28

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

The Senate’s published per-senator roll-call records begin in 1989, so no senator-by-senator breakdown is available for this vote.

Education

Emory College	B.A.	1845
Read law		1847

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

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

Questions & answers

Who appointed Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar?: President Grover Cleveland appointed Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1888.
Was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was appointed by President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar 32–28 on January 16, 1888.
Which court was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar on?: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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