Emory Speer (September 3, 1848 – December 13, 1918) was a United States representative from Georgia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Emory Speer
Georgia Southern District Court
Born 1848 in Culloden, GA
Died 1918 in Macon, GA
FJC ID: 2251
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 4/year
Georgia Southern District Court · 1885–1918
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Mercer University Law School, Macon, GeorgiaDean · 1893–1918
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1883–1885
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia1883–1885- Private practice, Athens, Georgia1869–1883
- U.S. representative from Georgia1879–1883
- State of GeorgiaSolicitor general · 1873–1876
- Confederate Army private1864–1865
Appointments
1885–1918 · Appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law
- University of GeorgiaA.B. · 1869