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Robert Heberton Terrell, was the first African American justice of the peace to serve in Washington, DC. He was born in Orange, Virginia on November 27, 1857 to parents Harris and Louisa Ann Terrell.[1][2] Terrell was one of seven magna cum laude scholars to graduate from Harvard University in 1884, he later went on to attend Howard University School of Law.

Contents [hide] 1	Career 1.1	M. Street High School 1.2	U.S. Treasury Department 1.3	Lynch and Terrell Law Firm 1.4	Municipal Court of the District of Columbia 1.5	Harvard University 2	Biography 2.1	Marriage and family 2.2	Death 3	References Career[edit] M. Street High School[edit] From 1884-1889, Terrell taught at the M. Street High School. In 1899, Terrell is promoted to principal of the M. Street High School, a position he leaves in 1901. [2]

U.S. Treasury Department[edit] In 1889, Terrell is appointed the chief of division, Office of the Fourth Auditor of the U.S. Treasury Department.[2]

Lynch and Terrell Law Firm[edit] In 1893, Terrell begins a partnership with John R. Lynch to create the law firm of Lynch and Terrell in Washington D.C.[2]

Municipal Court of the District of Columbia[edit] In 1901, Terrell accepted an appointment to serve as a justice of the peace in Washington D.C., which made him the first African-American justice of the peace in Washington D.C.[1] In 1910, Terrell was appointed by William Howard Taft to the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia. Terrell was appointed and reappointed by Presidents Taft, Roosevelt, and Wilson. [3]

Harvard University[edit] Terrell became a professor of law at Harvard University in 1911 and remained there until his death in 1925. [2]

Biography[edit] Marriage and family[edit] On October 18, 1891, Terrell married Mary Church Terrell. The two met at the Preparatory School for Colored Youth, now known as the M Street High School, in Washington, D.C.[4]

Death[edit] About four years before his death, Terrell suffered from his first stroke. About a year later he had a second stroke, and it was this stroke that left him paralyzed on one side of his body. Regardless of his severe asthma and his declining health, Robert continued to serve as a municipal court judge. In early December of 1925, Terrell's asthma and health began to worsen, Terrell later died at his home on December 20, 1925. [1] Robert H. Terrell had an obituary featured in The Crisis, the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, where he is described as "a good man fellow : tall and healthy to look at ; a lover of men, of his social glass, of a good story with a Lincoln tang to it." [5]