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Lucius Q.C. Lamar

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Also known as: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
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Lucius Q.C. Lamar (born Sept. 17, 1825, Putnam county, Ga., U.S.β€”died Jan. 23, 1893, Vineland, Ga.) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861–65) and later became an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Lamar was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1847 and was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1853). He moved to Mississippi in 1855 and was elected to...

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