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JOSEPH RUCKER
LAMAR was born in Ruckersville, Georgia, on October 14,
1857. He began his college education at the University
of Georgia in 1874 and transferred one year later to Bethany
College in West Virginia, where he was graduated in 1877.
Lamar studied law at Washington and Lee University and
clerked for an Augusta lawyer. He was admitted to the
Georgia Bar in 1878. Lamar practiced law in Georgia from
1880 to 1910, with a few interruptions for public service.
In 1886, he was elected to the Georgia Legislature, where
he served two terms, and in 1893 the governor appointed
Lamar commissioner to codify Georgia laws. His work on
the laws of Georgia was approved in 1895. Lamar was elected
to the Georgia Supreme Court in 1903 but resigned in 1905
to return to private practice. President William H. Taft
nominated Lamar to the Supreme Court of the United States
on December 12, 1910. The Senate confirmed the appointment
three days later. Lamar served on the Supreme Court for
five years. He died on January 2, 1916, at the age of
fifty-eight. |
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