Very incomplete list! | |  Oscar William Adams Jr. (1925-1997) — also known asOscar W. Adams — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,February7, 1925.Lawyer;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;OmegaPsi Phi;NAACP.FirstAfrican-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama.Died of aninfectionrelated tocancer,in BaptistMedicalCenter-Montclair, Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,February15, 1997 (age72 years, 8days).Burial location unknown. | | Daniel Webster Ambrose Jr. (1896-1992) — also known asDaniel W. Ambrose, Jr. — of Huntington,CabellCounty, W.Va.Born in Pickens,HolmesCounty, Miss.,September8, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from WestVirginia,1936,1940,1944,1948.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;Elks;National Bar Association;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners.Died in February,1992(age95years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| |  Presumably namedfor:DanielWebster | | | | Relatives: Son of Daniel WebsterAmbrose and Mary Elizabeth (Ambrose) Ambrose; married to Irene N.Miller. |
| | Dennis Wayne Archer (b. 1942) — also known asDennis W. Archer — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January1, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1986-90; appointed 1986; resigned1990;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1994-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1996,2000,2008.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;National Bar Association;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;AlphaPhi Alpha;NAACP.Still living as of 2020. | | Roosevelt F. Dorn — of Inglewood,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Checotah,McIntoshCounty, Okla.Democrat.Lawyer;superior court judge in California, 1980-97;mayorof Inglewood, Calif., 1997-; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,2000.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;American BarAssociation;NAACP.Still living as of 2006. | | Fred David Gray — also known asFred D. Gray — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Tuskegee,MaconCounty, Ala.Born in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1970-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alabama,2000,2004,2008;chairof Macon County Democratic Party, 2003.Churchof Christ.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;NAACP;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America.Still living as of 2008.| | Relatives:Married to Carol Porter. |
| | Elihu Mason Harris (b. 1947) — also known asElihu M. Harris — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August15, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1978-90; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1988,1996;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1991-99.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;National Bar Association.Still living as of 1999.| | Relatives: Sonof Elihu M. Harris, Sr. and Frances Mae (Cunningham) Harris; married,August14, 1982, to Kathy Neal. |
| | Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. 1942) — also known asEarl F. Hilliard — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April 9,1942.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1975-81; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1981-93;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1993-2003; defeated inprimary, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1996,2000,2008.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;AlphaPhi Alpha.Rebukedby the House Ethics Committee in June, 2001 over threecampaignfinance violations.Still living as of 2014. | | Harold Hood (b. 1931) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,January14, 1931.Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;common pleas court judge in Michigan, 1973-77; recorder's court judgein Michigan, 1977-78;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1978-82;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1982-; appointed 1982.Member,American BarAssociation;National Bar Association;AmericanJudicature Society.Still living as of 1990. | | Karen Fort Hood — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 2001;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 2003-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;DeltaSigma Theta.Still living as of 2013. | | Jewel Lafontant-Mankarious (1922-1997) — also known asJewel Stradford;Jewel Stradford Rogers;Jewel Stradford Lafontant —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April28, 1922.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1960(alternate),1972,1988;candidate for superior court judge in Illinois, 1962; candidate forJudge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to, 1989.Female.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;National Bar Association;NAACP;American CivilLiberties Union.Died, ofbreastcancer, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 31,1997 (age75 years, 33days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Cornelius Francis Stradford and Aida Arabella (Carter)Stradford; married1946 to JohnW. Rogers; married1961 to H.Ernest LaFontant; married1989 to NaguibSoby Mankarious. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary |
| | Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) — also known asThoroughgood Marshall — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,July 2,1908.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; resigned1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP;National Bar Association;AlphaPhi Alpha;American CivilLiberties Union.ReceivedSpingarnMedal in 1946FirstAfrican-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Died, from aheartattack, in theNationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January24, 1993 (age84 years, 206days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atLawyers'Mall, Annapolis, Md.| | Relatives:Married,September4, 1929, to Vivien Burey; married,December17, 1955, toCeciliaSuyat; father ofThurgoodMarshall Jr.. | | | | Political family:Marshallfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamCurtis Bryson | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: JuanWilliams,ThurgoodMarshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,JusticeThurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His JudicialBiography — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingConstitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingCivil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1936-1961 — Gilbert King,Devilin the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn ofa New America |
| | Thurgood Marshall Jr. (b. 1956) — ofFallsChurch, Va.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,1956.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1996;assistant to Pres.BillClinton, 1997-2001.AfricanandFilipinoancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;National Bar Association.Still living as of 2007. | | Sharon McPhail (born c.1950) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass., about 1950.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1993, 2005 (primary), 2009 (primary);candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 2022.Female.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;NAACP.Still living as of 2022. | | Henry M. Michaux Jr. (b. 1930) — ofDurhamCounty, N.C.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,September4, 1930.Lawyer;insuranceandrealestate business; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1973-77, 1985-;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1977-81.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association.Still living as of 2005.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry McKinley Michaux, Sr. and Isadore (Coates)Michaux. |
| | John J. Miller (1932-1985) — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.BornJuly 28,1932.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1967-78 (17th District 1967-74, 13th District1975-78); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1972;Judge,California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1978-85.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;National Bar Association;NationalLawyers Guild;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, ofdiabetes,onFebruary16, 1985 (age52 years, 203days).Burial location unknown. | | Gerald A. Neal (b. 1945) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornSeptember22, 1945.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate 33rd District, 1989-; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,2004,2008.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;UrbanLeague.Still living as of 2008. | | Leah Ward Sears (b. 1955) — Born in Heidelberg,Germany,of American parents,June 13,1955.Lawyer;justiceof Georgia state supreme court, 1992-2005;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 2005-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;National Bar Association;AlphaKappa Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | Virgil C. Smith Jr. (b. 1947) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 4,1947.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 10th District, 1977-88; defeatedin primary, 1970 (13th District), 1972 (10th District); resigned1988; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1988-;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit; elected 2012.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;National Bar Association.Still living as of 2012. | | Cynthia Diane Stephens — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1985-2008; appointed 1985;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 2008-; appointed 2008.Female.UnitedChurch of Christ.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;National Bar Association.Still living as of 2013. | | Sylvester Turner (b. 1954) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,September27, 1954.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives 139th District, 1989-2016;mayorof Houston, Tex., 2016-; defeated, 1991, 2003; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1996(alternate),2000,2004;member, Platform Committee,2008.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Alpha;American BarAssociation;National Bar Association.Still living as of 2018. | | Myron H. Wahls (b. 1921) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December11, 1921.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1974;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1975-82; appointed 1975;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1982-; appointed 1982.Africanancestry. Member,National Bar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;American CivilLiberties Union.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | John E. Wallace Jr. (b. 1942) — of Sewell,GloucesterCounty, N.J.Born in Pitman,GloucesterCounty, N.J.,March13, 1942.Lawyer;superior court judge in New Jersey, 1984-2003;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2003-10.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;National Bar Association;AlphaEpsilon Pi.Still living as of 2015. | | Harold Washington (1922-1987) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April15, 1922.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1965; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1977;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1981-83; resigned1983;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1983-87; defeated in primary, 1977; died inoffice 1987.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;National Bar Association.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November25, 1987 (age65 years, 224days).Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | The Harold WashingtonPublicLibrary, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Harold Washington: PaulKleppner,ChicagoDivided : The Making of a Black Mayor — Melvin G.Holli,BashingChicago Traditions : Harold Washington's Last Campaign, Chicago,1987 — Dempsey J. Travis,Harold,the People's Mayor : The Authorized Biography of Mayor HaroldWashington — Florence Hamlish Levinsohn,HaroldWashington: A political biography — Alton Miller,HaroldWashington: The Mayor, the Man — Naurice Roberts,HaroldWashington : Mayor With A Vison (for youngreaders) |
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