James Speed was an American lawyer, politician, and professor who was in 1864 appointed by Abraham Lincoln to be the United States Attorney General. Speed previously served in the Kentucky legislature and in local political offices. Wikipedia
Born: March 11, 1812, Jefferson County, KY
Died: June 25, 1887 (age 75 years), Louisville, KY
Spouse: Jane Cochran (m. 1841)
Party: Republican Party
Siblings: Joshua Fry Speed
Place of burial: Cave Hill Cemetery & Arboretum, Louisville, KY
Books
James Speed: A Personality
Address of Hon. James Speed Volume 1
Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President
1864
Oration of James Speed Upon the Inauguration of the Bust of Abraham Lincoln: At Louisville, Ky., February 12, 1867
1867
Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President; Volume 1
Oration of James Speed, Upon the Inauguration of the Bust of Abraham Lincoln, at Louisville, Ky., February 12, 1867: And, Address of Hon. James Speed, Before the Society of the Loyal Legion, at Cincinnati, May 4, 1887, in Response to the Toast, Abraham Lincoln