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John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician. He was the founding dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department.
The John Mercer Langston House is a historic house at 207 East College Avenue in Oberlin, Ohio.Built in 1855, it was home to John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), attorney, abolitionist, diplomat, US Congressman and college president, who was one of the first African Americans elected to public office in the United States.
Charles and his brother John Mercer Langston were both Oberlin College graduates, and led the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society in 1858. They both were politically active all their lives, Charles in Kansas and John taking leadership roles in state and national politics, in 1888 becoming the first African-American to be elected to the US Congress from ...
In 1854, John Mercer Langston notably became the first African American lawyer in the state of Ohio. He went on to serve as the dean of the law department and vice president of Howard University.
John A. Howard: [23] [24] First African American male elected as a judge in Lorain County (Elyria Municipal Court 1984 to 1999) after serving as the first African American President of the Ohio State Bar Association (1981-1982). Gustalo Nunez: [34] First Hispanic American male judge in Lorain County, Ohio
John Adams Hyman – North Carolina 1875–1877 (also North Carolina Senate and North Carolina Constitutional Convention) [2] John Mercer Langston – Virginia 1890–1891 (also U.S. Minister to Haiti) [2] Jefferson F. Long – Georgia 1871 [2] John R. Lynch – Mississippi 1873–1877, 1882–1883 (also speaker of the Mississippi House) [2]
“This district over a hundred years ago sent John Mercer Langston to Congress as the first African American Virginian,” said the Virginia state senator on the night of her win. “This city ...
John Langston may refer to: John Mercer Langston (1829–1897), American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician, first dean of the law school at Howard University John Langston (MP) ( c. 1758 –1812), English merchant banker and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) 1784–1807