List Of First Minority Male Lawyers And Judges In Kansas
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This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in
Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
. 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 Kansas' history


Lawyer

* First African American male: John H. Morris (1871)


State judges

* First African American male: Cordell D. Meeks Sr. (1939) in 1972 * First Asian American male: Tommy B. Webb in 1988 * First African American male (Third Judicial District): Joseph D. Johnson in 2005


Federal judges

*First Hispanic-American male ( U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas):
Carlos Murguia Carlos Murguia (born 1957) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Early life and education Murguia is one of seven children of Alfred and Amalia Murguia, who emigrated from Mexico ...
(1982) in 1999


United States Attorney

* First African American male: Benjamin E. Franklin from 1968-1969


District Attorney

* First African American male: Mark A. Dupree, Sr. in 2017


Firsts in local history

* G.W. Jones: First African American male to serve as the County Attorney for
Graham County, Kansas Graham County (county code GH) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,415. Its county seat and most populous city is Hill City. The county is home to Nicodemus, founded 1877, which i ...
(1896) * Joseph D. Johnson: First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Third Judicial District in Kansas (2005) hawnee County, Kansas* Mark A. Dupree, Sr.: First African American to serve as the District Attorney of Wyandotte County, Kansas (2017)


See also

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List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in each state. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their stat ...


Other topics of interest

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List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States This list of the first women lawyers and judges in each state of the United States includes the years in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are women of other distinctions, such as the first in their states to get law de ...
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List of first women lawyers and judges in Kansas This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Kansas. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their sta ...


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