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List Of First Minority Male Lawyers And Judges In Ohio
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Ohio. 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 Ohio's history Lawyers * First Native American male: James McDonald (lawyer), James McDonald (1823) * First African American male: John Mercer Langston (1854) * First Somali-born male: Ismail Mohamad (2017) State judges * First African American: Perry B. Jackson (1922) in 1942 * First Jewish American male (Supreme Court of Ohio): Gilbert Bettman (c. 1942) * First African American male (common pleas): Charles W. White in 1955 * First African American male elected (common pleas): Robert V. Franklin, Jr. in 1968 * First African American male (Supreme Court of Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court): Robert Morton Duncan (1952) in 1969 * First Latino American male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus, with the Columbus metro area, Greater Cincinnati, and Greater Cleveland being the largest metropolitan areas. Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes". Its state flag is the only non-rectangular flag of all the U.S. states. Ohio takes its name from the Ohio River, which in turn originated from the Seneca word ''ohiːyo'', meaning "good river", "great river", or "large creek". The state arose from the lands west of the Appalachian Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
