List of first minority male lawyers and judges in New Hampshire explained

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in New Hampshire. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are those who achieved other distinctions, such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Firsts in New Hampshire's history

Lawyer

• First African American male: William Henry Johnson (1865)^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

State judges

• First African American male (justice of the peace): Wentworth Cheswell in 1805^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
• First Jewish American male (probate court): Harry Lichman during the 1940s^{[11] [12]}
• First Jewish American male (municipal court): Bernard Snierson during the 1940s
• First African American male: Ivorey Cobb in 1968^{[13] [14] [15]}
• First Jewish American male (superior court): Philip Hollman in 1987

Federal judges

• First Jewish American male (United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire): Norman H. Stahl in 1990^[16]

• First Jewish American male: Warren Rudman in 1970^[17]

Political office

• First Jewish American male (congressional representative): Paul Hodes in 2007^[18]

• First Asian American male (president): Richard Uchida in 2005^[19]

See also

• List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States

Other topics of interest

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith, Jr., J. Clay. Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. 1999-01-01. University of Pennsylvania Press. 0812216857.
2. Web site: From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. www.blackpast.org. 2018-01-16.
3. Book: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations. 2015-03-26. Routledge. 9781317454168.
4. Web site: William Henry Johnson: Noted as Being the First African American to Practice Law in the Nation Black Then. blackthen.com. en-US. 2018-11-09.
5. Book: The African American Electorate. Walon, Jr.. Hanes. Puckett. Sherman. Deskins, Jr.. Donald R.. 2012-07-20. SAGE. 9780872895089.
6. Web site: Wentworth Cheswell, the Black Man Who Rode With Revere - New England Historical Society. www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com. en-US. 2018-11-09.
7. Web site: Famous Families - Cheswell FRONTLINE PBS. www.pbs.org. 2018-11-09.
8. News: Wentworth Cheswell, one of New Hampshire's finest - African American Registry. African American Registry. 2018-11-09. en-US.
9. Web site: The Other Paul Revere. Anchorage Daily News. en-US. 2018-11-09.
10. Book: Hammond, Otis Grant. The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress. 1908. J.N. McClintock. en.
11. Web site: Aronson . Laura . 2018-12-13 . NH Jewish community responds to recent hate crimes . 2022-04-06 . manchesterinklink.com . en-US.
12. Web site: New Hampshire Jewish History . 2022-04-06 . www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
13. Book: Belman . Felice . The New Hampshire Century: Concord Monitor Profiles of One Hundred People who Shaped it . Pride . Mike . 2001 . UPNE . 9781584650874 . en.
14. Web site: Downey . K. C. . 2023-08-11 . Portrait for New Hampshire's first Black judge unveiled, will go on display . 2023-08-17 . WMUR . en.
15. Web site: New Hampshire Supreme Court Unveils Official Portrait of Judge Ivorey Cobb, the State’s First African American Jurist . 2024-01-19 . New Hampshire Judicial Branch . en.
16. Book: Skolnik . Fred . Encyclopaedia Judaica: Nat-Per . Berenbaum . Michael . 2007 . Macmillan Reference USA . 978-0-02-865928-2 . en.
17. Finkelman . Paul . Sussman . Lance J. . 2023 . The American Revolution and the Emergence of Jewish Legal and Political Equality in the New Nation . The American Jewish Archives Journal . lxxv . 1-2.
18. Web site: Paul Hodes . 2022-04-06 . www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
19. Web site: October 18, 2023 . New Hampshire DEI Milestones Timeline . New Hampshire Bar Association.