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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Speer, Emory
Speer, Emory, a Representative from Georgia; born in Culloden, Monroe County, Ga., September 3, 1848; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1869; entered the Confederate Army at theage of sixteen as a volunteer in the Fifth Kentucky Regiment, Lewis brigade, and remained with that command throughout the Civil War; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Athens, Ga.; solicitor general of Georgia 1873-1876; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-fifth Congress to fill the unexpired term of Benjamin H. Hill; elected as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-sixth and as an Independent to the Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882; United States attorney for the northern district of Georgia 1883-1885; district judge of the southern Federal judicial district of Georgia 1885-1918; dean of Mercer University Law School 1893-1918; died in Macon, Ga., December 13, 1918; interment in Riverside Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Speer, Emory," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1845 1846. Original Sources, accessed March 15, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5CLE3NWIA58QBM5.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Speer, Emory." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1845, page 1846. Original Sources. 15 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5CLE3NWIA58QBM5.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Speer, Emory' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1845, pp.1846. Original Sources, retrieved 15 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5CLE3NWIA58QBM5.
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