dec 6, 1887 - Nominates Lucius Q.C. Lamar to the Supreme Court. Lamar was confirmed by the Senate on 1/16/88 (despite an adverse recommendation from the Judiciary Committee); sworn in on 1/18/88. In 1861, Lamar had helped draft the Ordinance of Secession of Mississippi. He had served the Confederacy in several high posts. This fact made this nomination quite controversial. Some saw this as a gesture toward the South to ameliorate sectionalism lingering after the Civil War
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dec 6, 1887
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