Lucilius A. Emery

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]

References
  1. Maine Genealogy Archives, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920.
  2. Maine State Legislature, Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices.
Political offices
Preceded by
Harris M. Plaisted		 Maine Attorney General
1876–1879		 Succeeded by
William H. McLellan
Preceded by
John A. Peters		 Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1883–1906		 Succeeded by
Charles F. Woodard
Preceded by
Andrew P. Wiswell		 Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1906–1911		 Succeeded by
William Penn Whitehouse


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