College of Law Class of 1924
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Class Year
1924
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James William Cammack, Jr., LL.B. '24, M.A. '29, Ph.D. '37, honorary Doctor of Laws '55
Owenton, Kentucky
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“Onward still he held his way,
‘Till he came where the column of moonshine lay,
And saw beneath the surface dim.”
“But,” quoth he, “what does it matter what I saw?
I came, I saw, I conquered.”
-The Kentuckian, 1924
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James William Cammack, Jr. (March 10, 1902 - July 30, 1958) was born in Owen County, Kentucky to James William Cammack, Sr. and Nellie Allen. Cammack's father served as Kentucky Attorney General between 1927-1931. Cammack practiced law in Owenton and taught high school after graduation. He also pursued an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky. Cammack was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1938. He served as Chief Justice of the Court for two terms between 1944-1945 and 1951-1953. He served on the Court until his death in 1958. Cammack married Sarah Gilmour in 1927--the couple divorced in 1954.
