Robert Heberton Terrell

African-American justice in Washington, D.C Date Of Birth : 1857-11-27T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1925-12-20T00:00:00Z

Robert Heberton Terrell (November 27, 1857 – December 20, 1925) was an attorney and the second African American to serve as a justice of the peace in Washington, DC. In 1911 he was appointed as a judge to the District of Columbia Municipal Court by President William Howard Taft; he was one of four African-American men appointed to high office and considered his “Black Cabinet”. He was reappointed as judge under succeeding administrations, including that of Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

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