James Dean (judge)
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James Dean (February 14, 1858 - 1914) was a judge in Florida. He was the first African American judge elected in Florida after Reconstruction. He was removed from office without a hearing after he married a Cuban couple, allegedly in violation of miscegenation laws. He was restored in good standing posthumously in 2002 by Florida governor Jeb Bush.[1]
Dean was born in Ocala.[2] He graduated from Cookman Institute[2] and Howard University.[3] He was a county judge in Monroe County, Florida until Florida governor Francis P. Fleming removed him from office.[4] The Florida archives have a portrait photograph of him taken at a studio.[3]
References
- ^ https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/finally-justice-has-arrived-113-years-later-governor-reinstates-floridas-first-black-judge/
- ^ a b Brown, Canter; Rivers, Larry E. (2008). "The Pioneer African American Jurist Who Almost Became a Bishop: Florida's Judge James Dean, 1858-1914". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 87 (1): 16–49. JSTOR 20700194.
- ^ a b https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/13060
- ^ Brown, Canter; Rivers, Larry E. (2008). "The Pioneer African American Jurist Who Almost Became a Bishop: Florida's Judge James Dean, 1858-1914". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 87 (1): 16–49. JSTOR 20700194.