Lucilius A. Emery
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Lucilius A. Emery (July 27, 1840 – August 26, 1920), of Portland, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from October 5, 1883, to July 27, 1911.
Born in Carmel, Maine, Emery graduated from Bowdoin College in 1861 and read law to gain admission to the bar in 1863,[1] at which time he settled in Ellsworth, Maine.[2] He was the elected to the Maine Senate in 1874 and 1875, and then as Maine Attorney General from 1876 to 1879. On October 5, 1883, Governor Frederick Robie appointed Emery as an associate justice. He became chief justice on December 14, 1906, and serving in that capacity until his resignation on July 27, 1911.[1]
He died in Ellsworth.[1]
Family
[edit]Emery's son was economist Henry Crosby Emery.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Maine Genealogy Archives, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920.
- ^ Maine State Legislature, Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices.
- ^ Emery, Henry Crosby in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition), via archive.org.
- ^ Emery, Henry Crosby in Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees, Joshua L. Chamberlain, ed. Vol. 5 (Boston: R. Herndon Company, 1900), pp. 47-48; archived at IrwinCollier.com
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