The South - Lost power in Supreme Court

whitworth

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Secession from the United States had a great effect through several generations, concerning appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1960 to 1900, there were only two appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court of judges from the old Confederacy.

One was former Confederate Colonel Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar from Georgia, who served on the Court from 1888-1893.

The other was Edward Douglas White from Louisiana who served in the Confederate army as a very young man.
A Justice from 1894-1910, becoming Chief Justice from 1910 to 1921.

One can say that there was no "Confederate" viewpoint in U.S. Supreme Court in the forty years following the Civil War.
 
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