Joseph Rucker Lamar

Judge Joseph Rucker Lamar

Personal

Birthday:

10/14/1857

Birthplace:

Cedar Grove, GA

Date of Death:

1/2/1916

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Professor of Latin, Bethany College, 1879-1880
Private practice, Augusta, Georgia, 1880-1903, 1905-1911
State representative, Georgia, 1886-1889
Member, Commission to Recodify the Laws of Georgia, 1893-1895
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1903-1905

Education

Name of School:

Bethany College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1877

Name of School - Second:

Washington and Lee University School of Law

Washington and Lee University's School of Law was one of just 12 of the nation's top 30 law schools to post black enrollment gains over the past decade, and one of four with gains exceeding 15 percent, with an increase of 33% from 1997 to 2006.

Name of School - Third:

Read law

Degree Year - Third:

1878

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

William H. Taft

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/17/1910

Termination Date:

1/2/1916

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fifth Circuit, January 9, 1911-January 2, 1916