List Of First Minority Male Lawyers And Judges In Missouri
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Missouri. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure. Firsts in Missouri's history Lawyers * First African American male: John H. Johnson (1871) *First African American male to argue a case before the Missouri Supreme Court: Walter M. Farmer (1889) in 1893 State judges *First African American male: Walter M. Farmer (1889) during the 1890s * First African American male (elected): Crittenden Clark in 1922 * First African American male ( Missouri Court of Appeals): Theodore McMillian (1949) in 1972 * First African American male (Missouri Supreme Court): Ronnie L. White (1983) in 1995 * First openly gay male: Lawrence E. Mooney: * First blind/Jewish male (Missouri Supreme Court): Richard B. Teitelman (1973) in 2 ...
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Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With more than six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia; the Capital city, capital is Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City. Humans have inhabited w ...
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