List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Kansas

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

Firsts in Kansas' history

Lawyer

First African American male: John H. Morris (1871)

State judges

First African American male: Cordell D. Meeks Sr. (1939) in 1972Upon Meeks' appointment as a district court judge in 1972 First Asian American male: Tommy B. Webb in 1988Upon Webb's appointment as a Judge of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District in 1988 First African American male (Third Judicial District): Joseph D. Johnson in 2005 First South Asian male (Kansas Supreme Court): K. Christopher Jayaram in 2026

Federal judges First Hispanic-American male (U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas): Carlos Murguia (1982) in 1999

United States Attorney

First African American male: Benjamin E. Franklin from 1968-1969

District Attorney

First African American male: Mark A. Dupree, Sr. in 2017

Public Defender

First African American male: Joseph D. Johnson in 1975

Kansas Bar Association

First African American male president: Mark Dupree in 2024

Firsts in local history

William D. Harrison: First African American male lawyer in Edwards County, Kansas G.W. Jones: First African American male to serve as the County Attorney for Graham County, Kansas (1896) Baron Hoy: First African American male to serve as the Assistant City Attorney of Newton, Harvey County, Kansas (2025) Joseph D. Johnson: First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Third Judicial District in Kansas (2005) [Shawnee County, Kansas] Mark A. Dupree, Sr.: First African American to serve as the District Attorney of Wyandotte County, Kansas (2017)

List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Kansas

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