Emory Speer
Personal
Birthday:
9/3/1848
Birthplace:
Culloden, GA
Date of Death:
12/13/1918
Place of Death:
Macon, GA
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Confederate Army private, 1864-1865
Private practice, Athens, Georgia, 1869-1883
Solicitor general, State of Georgia, 1873-1876
U.S. representative from Georgia, 1879-1883
Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1883-1885
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1883-1885
Dean, Mercer University Law School, Macon, Georgia, 1893-1918
Education
Name of School:
University of Georgia
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1869
Name of School - Second:
Read law Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
Court Name:
Georgia Southern District Court
President Nominating:
Chester A. Arthur
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
02/18/1885
Termination Date:
12/13/1918
Termination Reason:
Death