List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Iowa

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

Law degree

 * First African American male law graduate: Alexander Clark in 1879

Lawyers

 * First African American male: A.H. Watkins (1874)
 * First African American male to practice before the Iowa Supreme Court: Samuel K. Adams (1875)
 * First Native American male: Thomas "Ted" St. Germaine (1904)
 * First African American male to argue a case before the Supreme Court of Iowa: Samuel (S.) Joe Brown in 1906

State judges

 * First African American male: Luther T. Glanton, Jr. in 1958
 * First Jewish American male (district court): Ansel Chapman in 1968
 * First African American male (district court): Luther T. Glanton, Jr. in 1976
 * First male of part Vietnamese descent (Iowa Supreme Court): Christopher McDonald in 2019
 * First African American male (Third Judicial District): Robert Tiefenthaler in 2022

Firsts in local history

 * Luther T. Glanton, Jr.: First African American male to serve as the Assistant Polk County Attorney (1951)

Other topics of interest

 * List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
 * List of first women lawyers and judges in Iowa