Macon Bolling Allen
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 130 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 4,1816 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Indiana |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 15,1894 |
| Died | Washington |
| D.C. | |
| United States | |
| Other name | Allen Macon Bolling |
| Job | Lawyer |
| Judge | |
| Spous | Emma Allen; Hannah Allen |
| Known for | First African-American lawyer and Second African-American Justice of the Peace |
| Children | 7 |
| Rest place | Charleston |
| South Carolina | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1376322 |
Macon Bolling Allen Life story
Macon Bolling Allen was an American attorney who is believed to be the first African American to become a lawyer and to argue before a jury, and the second to hold a judicial position in the United States. Allen passed the bar exam in Maine in 1844 and became a Massachusetts Justice of the Peace in 1847.
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