Horace Harmon Lurton Born: 26-Feb-1844 Birthplace: Newport, KY Died: 12-Jul-1914 Location of death: Atlantic City, NJ Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, TN
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Judge Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1910-14 Military service: Confederate Army (Sgt. Maj., twice POW, escaped once) Father: Lycurgus L. Lurton (physician) Mother: Sarah Ann Harmon Wife: Mary Frances Owen (m. 1867)
University: Douglas University Law School: LLB, Cumberland School of Law (1867) Professor: Constitutional Law, Vanderbilt University School of Law (1899-1910) Administrator: Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Law (1905-1910)
US Supreme Court Justice (3-Jan-1910 to 12-Jul-1914, his death) US Appeals Court Judge, 6th Circuit (1893-1909) Tennessee State Supreme Court (1886-93) Tennessee State Official Judge, 6th Tennessee Chancery Court (1875-78) Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Tennessee Bar Association 1867
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