Emory Speer
Emory Speer | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | |
In office February 18, 1885 – December 13, 1918 | |
Appointed by | Chester A. Arthur |
Preceded by | John Erskine |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th district | |
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | |
Preceded by | Hiram Parks Bell |
Succeeded by | Allen D. Candler |
Personal details | |
Born | Emory Speer September 3, 1848 read law |
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Emory Speer (September 3, 1848 – December 13, 1918) was a
Education and career
Born on September 3, 1848, in
Congressional service
Speer was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the
Later career
Following his departure from Congress, Speer resumed private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1883 to 1885.[1] He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia from 1883 to 1885.[1]
Federal judge and law dean
Speer was nominated by President Chester A. Arthur on January 19, 1885, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Judge John Erskine.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 18, 1885, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on December 13, 1918, due to his death in Macon, Georgia. He was the last federal judge in active service to have been appointed by President Arthur.[1] He was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Macon.[2]
During his tenure, Judge Speer heard civil rights cases, and became unpopular in the white community for holding that federal law permitted protection of African Americans.[3] During his federal judicial service, Speer also served as dean of
Publications
- Removal of Causes from State to United States Courts, 1888.
- Lectures on the Constitution of the United States before the law class of Mercer University, J.W. Burke Co., 1897.
- Lincoln, Lee, Grant, and other biographical addresses, 1909.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Emory Speer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b c d e "Emory Speer". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ Aucoin, Brent (2007). A Rift in the Clouds: Race and the Southern Federal Judiciary, 1900-1910. University of Arkansas Press.
Sources
- "Emory Speer". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- Emory Speer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949 pp.878-882
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). Encyclopedia Americana. .