Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office January 16, 1888 – January 23, 1893 |
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| Nominated by | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | William Woods |
| Succeeded by | Howell Jackson |
| 16th United States Secretary of the Interior | |
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In office March 6, 1885 – January 10, 1888 |
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| President | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | Henry Teller |
| Succeeded by | William Vilas |
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United States Senator from Mississippi |
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In office March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | James Alcorn |
| Succeeded by | Edward Walthall |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877 |
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| Preceded by | George Harris |
| Succeeded by | Henry Muldrow |
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In office March 4, 1857 – December 20, 1860 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Wright |
| Succeeded by | George Harris (1870) |
| Personal details | |
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September 17, 1825 Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 1893 (aged 67) Vineville, Georgia, U.S. (now Macon) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Emory University (BA) |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States
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| Service/branch | Confederate States Army |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893) was an American politician and jurist from Mississippi. A United States Representative and Senator, he also served as United States Secretary of the Interior in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland, as well as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lamar was born at the family home of "Fairfield," near Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, the son of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar and Sarah Williamson Bird. He was a cousin of future associate justice Joseph Lamar, and nephew of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas. In 1845 he graduated from Emory College (now Emory University), then located in Oxford, Georgia. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and was among the first initiates in that fraternity's chapter at the University of Mississippi.
After graduating, Lamar married the daughter of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, one of the University of Mississippi's early presidents.
In 1849, Lamar's father-in-law, Professor Longstreet, moved to Oxford, Mississippi to take the position of Chancellor at the recently established University of Mississippi. Lamar followed him and took a position as a professor of mathematics for a single year. He also practiced law in Oxford, eventually taking up the role of a planter, establishing a cotton plantation named Solitude in northern Lafayette County, near Abbeville.
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