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John Raymond Hargrove Sr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland · 1984
John Raymond Hargrove Sr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. John R. Hargrove Sr. (October 25, 1923 – April 1, 1997) was the first African American to be appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and was later appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Education
- Howard UniversityB.A., 1947
- University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)LL.B., 1950
Career
U.S. Army sergeant, Corps of Engineers, 1943-1946; Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1950-1955, 1963-1968; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Maryland, 1955-1957; Deputy U.S. attorney, District of Maryland, 1957-1962; Associate judge, People's Court of Baltimore City [Maryland], 1962-1963; Associate judge, Baltimore [Maryland] Municipal Court, 1968-1971; Administrative judge, District Court of Maryland, Baltimore City, 1971-1974; Associate judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City [Maryland], 1974-1984; juvenile court judge, 1977-1980
Biography
John R. Hargrove Sr. (October 25, 1923 – April 1, 1997) was the first African American to be appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and was later appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
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