List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Tennessee

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

• William F. Yardley : First African American male lawyer to argue a case before the Tennessee Supreme Court
• Fredrick McGhee : First African American male lawyer in Tennessee

  Judicial Officers

State

• Benjamin Hooks : First African American male judge in Tennessee since Reconstruction

  City Court

• S.A. Wilbun: First African American male to become a Judge of the City Court in Tennessee

  General Sessions

• A. A. Birch Jr. : First African American male to serve as a Judge of the General Sessions Court in Tennessee

  Criminal Court

• A. A. Birch Jr. : First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Criminal Court in Tennessee

  Circuit Court

• S.A. Wilbun: First African American male to become a Judge of the Circuit Court in Tennessee

  Supreme Court

• George H. Brown: First African American male appointed as a Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
• A. A. Birch Jr. : First African American male appointed as the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court

  Federal

District Court

• Odell Horton : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
• William Joseph Haynes Jr. : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

  Assistant United States Attorney

• Odell Horton : First African American male to serve as the Assistant U.S. Attorney for Tennessee

  Assistant District Attorney

• Arthur T. Bennett and A. A. Birch Jr. : First African American males to serve respectively as an Assistant District Attorney in Tennessee since Reconstruction

  Firsts in local history

Davidson County

• Prince Albert Ewing: First African American male lawyer in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
• A. A. Birch Jr. : First African American male to serve as a prosecutor and judge in Davidson County, Tennessee

  Hamilton County

• Rheubin Taylor: First African American male to serve as the County Attorney for Hamilton County, Tennessee
• Gerald Webb: First African American male judge in Hamilton County, Tennessee

  Knox County

• William Francis Yardley : First African American male lawyer in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

  Montgomery County

• General Quarles Boyd: First African American male lawyer in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee

  Putnam County

• John McClellan Sr.: First African American male to serve as the Justice of the Peace in Putnam County, Tennessee

  Shelby County

• Thomas Frank Cassels: First African American male to serve as the Attorney General Pro Tem of Shelby County Criminal Court
• Josiah T. Settle : First African American male to serve as a prosecutor in Shelby County, Tennessee
• S.A. Wilbun: First African American male to serve as the Assistant City Attorney in Memphis, Tennessee
• Ural B. Adams: First African American male to serve as the Public Defender of Shelby County, Tennessee
• Floyd Peete: First African American male to serve as the Chancellor of Shelby County Chancery Court

  Other topics of interest

• List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
• List of first women lawyers and judges in Tennessee