Horace Harmon Lurton

Horace Harmon Lurton
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
January 3, 1910  July 12, 1914
Nominated byWilliam Howard Taft
Preceded byRufus W. Peckham
Succeeded byJames Clark McReynolds
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
March 27, 1893  December 20, 1909
Nominated byGrover Cleveland
Preceded byHowell Edmunds Jackson
Succeeded byLoyal Edwin Knappen
Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
In office
1886–1893
Nominated byParson Brownlow
Preceded byNewly constituted post-Reconstruction court
Succeeded byWilliam King McAlister
Personal details
Born
Horace Harmon Lurton

(1844-02-26)February 26, 1844
Newport, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJuly 12, 1914(1914-07-12) (aged 70)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Cause of deathHeart attack
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationOld University of Chicago
Cumberland School of Law (LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–1864
Rank Sergeant Major
Unit 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment
3rd Kentucky Cavalry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Horace Harmon Lurton (February 26, 1844 – July 12, 1914) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and previously was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit.