Emory spear

Emory Speer (born September 3, 1848 in Culloden , Monroe County , Georgia , †  December 13, 1918 in Macon , Georgia) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Emory Speer received a good primary education. At the age of 16, he took off in 1864 as a soldier in the army of the Confederacy at the final phase of the civil war in part. He then studied until 1869 at the University of Georgia in Athens . After studying law and becoming a lawyer, he began working in his new profession in Athens. Between 1873 and 1876 he was Attorney General ( Solicitor General ) of the state of Georgia.

In 1876, Speer ran unsuccessfully for Congress . In the congressional election of 1878 he was then elected as an independent candidate in the ninth constituency of Georgia to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Hiram Parks Bell on March 3, 1879 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1883 . In the elections of 1882 he was not confirmed.

Between 1883 and 1885, Emory Speer was a federal attorney for the northern part of Georgia. From 1885 until his death in 1918, he served as a judge on the federal district court for the southern part of the state. At the same time he was between 1893 and 1918 Dean of the Law School of Mercer University . He died on December 13, 1918 in Macon, where he was buried.

Web links

• Emory Speer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Emory Speer in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Emory Speer at The Political Graveyard