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Archibald Alphonso Alexander (1888-1958) —
also known as Archie Alexander —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, May 14,
1888.
Civil
engineer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-55; resigned 1955.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
4, 1958 (age 69 years, 235
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Alexander Clark (1826-1891) —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., February
25, 1826.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1890-91, died in office 1891.
African ancestry.
Died in Monrovia, Liberia,
May
31, 1891 (age 65 years, 95
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. (1920-1987) —
also known as Wade H. McCree, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 30,
1920.
Son of Wade Hampton McCree and Lulu (Harper) McCree.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned
1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; U.S. Solicitor General,
1977-81; law
professor.
Unitarian.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
attack and bone
cancer in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1987 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Kevin Ross —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Robert Preston Young, Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Robert P. Young, Jr. —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 13,
1951.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1995-98; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1998-; appointed 1998; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 2011-.
African ancestry. Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2011.
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