John R. Hargrove
| John R. Hargrove Sr. | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
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In office February 21, 1994 – April 1, 1997 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
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In office February 10, 1984 – February 21, 1994 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Shirley Brannock Jones |
| Succeeded by | Catherine C. Blake |
| Associate Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City | |
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In office 1974–1984 |
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| Appointed by | Marvin Mandel |
| Judge of the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City | |
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In office 1968–1974 |
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| Personal details | |
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John R. Hargrove October 25, 1923 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Died | April 1, 1997 (aged 73) Ashburton, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Education |
Howard University (B.A.) University of Maryland School of Law (LL.B.) |
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.
Hargrove was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first son of Georgine and Raymond Hargrove. When he was six months old, the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Saint Catherine's Academy (now Saint Pius School), and graduated from Douglass High School in 1941. After high school, he entered Morgan State College in Baltimore. His studies were interrupted by World War II when he joined the military service. He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers from 1943 to 1946 where he attained the rank of sergeant. After the war he graduated from Howard University where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947. Hargrove graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws in 1950 and was admitted to the bar the same year. In 1957 he became the first African-American to be appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, serving in that capacity for five years. In 1967, Hargrove was elected as a delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention in Annapolis.
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