Today in Supreme Court History: December 17, 1910

12/17/1910: Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar nominated to the Supreme Court.

Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar

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[John F. Carr]

First I've heard of him. A modest man with much to be modest about?

[Cal Cetín]

"His appointment to the Court in 1910 by U.S. president William Howard Taft offered Lamar a chance to distinguish himself on the national stage. Unhappily, a limited docket and an untimely death gave Lamar little opportunity to make a national mark."

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/joseph-rucker-lamar-1857-1916