Joseph Rucker Lamar

1857–1916 · Supreme Court seat #64 · 1911–1916 · GA

Joseph Rucker Lamar, a distant relative of earlier Justice L.Q.C. Lamar, served only five years before his death, but was later called on to help mediate U.S.-Mexico relations during a tense period, one of the few justices to take on active diplomatic work while sitting.