Macon Bolling Allen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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African American judge and lawyer
Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1816
Place of Birth: Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 11-Jun-1894
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Macon Bolling Allen
- Macon Bolling Allen (born Allen Macon Bolling; August 4, 1816 – June 11, 1894) is believed to be both the first African American licensed to practice law and to hold a judicial position in the United States.
- Allen passed the bar exam in Maine in 1844 and became a Massachusetts Justice of the Peace in 1848.
- He moved to South Carolina after the American Civil War to practice law and was elected as a probate court judge in 1874.
- Following the Reconstruction Era, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked as an attorney for the Land and Improvement Association.
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