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Wade Hampton McCree Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961–1966
Wade Hampton McCree Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Education
- Fisk UniversityA.B., 1941
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1944
Career
U.S. Army captain, 1942-1946; Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1948-1952; Commissioner, Michigan Workmen's Compensation Commission, 1952-1954; Judge, Michigan Circuit Court, Wayne County, 1954-1961; Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1968-1973; Solicitor general of the United States, 1977-1981; Faculty, University of Michigan Law School, 1981-1987
Biography
Wade Hampton McCree Jr. (July 3, 1920 – August 30, 1987) was an American legal scholar and judge. He was the first African American appointed as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the second African-American United States Solicitor General in the history of the United States.
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