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Joseph Clemens Howard
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland · 1979
Joseph Clemens Howard , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Joseph Clemens Howard Sr. (December 9, 1922 – September 16, 2000) was the first African American to win an election as judge for the Baltimore City Supreme Bench and was later appointed by President Jimmy Carter to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, becoming the first African American to serve on that bench as well.
Education
- University of IowaB.A., 1950
- Drake University Law SchoolLL.B., 1955
- Drake UniversityM.A., 1957
- Drake University Law SchoolJ.D., 1968
Career
U.S. Army, 1944-1947; U.S. Army Reserve, 1947-1955; Probation officer, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City [Maryland], 1958-1960; Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1960-1964; Assistant state's attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964-1967; chief of trial section, 1966-1967; Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967-1968; Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City [Maryland], 1968-1979; chief judge, 1975-1976
Biography
Joseph Clemens Howard Sr. (December 9, 1922 – September 16, 2000) was the first African American to win an election as judge for the Baltimore City Supreme Bench and was later appointed by President Jimmy Carter to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, becoming the first African American to serve on that bench as well.
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