List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Iowa

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Iowa. 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 state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

Judge
  • Luther T. Glanton, Jr.:[9][10] First African American male judge in Iowa (1958)

District Court
  • Luther T. Glanton, Jr.:[9][10] First African American male to serve as a district court judge in Iowa (1976)

Justice
  • Christopher McDonald:[11] First male of part Vietnamese descent to serve as a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court (2019)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Johnson County
  • Alexander Clark, Jr.:[12] First African American male to earn a law degree from the University of Iowa (1879). His father Alexander Clark would become the second law degree in the university's history. They would go on to practice together as lawyers.

Polk County
  • Luther T. Glanton, Jr.:[9][10] First African American male to serve as the Assistant Polk County Attorney (1951)

See also

Other topics of interest

References
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  4. The Iowa Journal of History and Politics. State Historical Society of Iowa. 1948.
  5. History of Clayton County: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Biographies of Representative Citizens. Inter-state Publishing Company. 1882.
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  9. Boose, Barbara (April 16, 2010). "DMU trustee 'almost in awe' at White House celebration". Des Moines University.
  10. "Glanton, Luther T., Jr. – The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa -The University of Iowa". perma.cc. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  11. Murphy, Erin. "First minority ever joins Iowa Supreme Court". The Gazette. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
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