Archibald T. Carey Jr

Jet, August 7, 1995

Archibald T. Carey Jr., lawyer, judge, politician, diplomat and clergyman, was appointed chair of the President's Committee on Government Employment Policy by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on this day. He was the first Black to hold that position. Mr. Carey also served as an alternate delegate to the United Nations from 1953 to 1956, and served as pastor of Quinn Chapel A.M.E.

Church in Chicago and named pastor emeritus in 1967. Carey was a native of Chicago and a graduate of John Marshall Law School there. He was twice elected to serve as alderman from Chicago's Third Ward and served from 1947 to 1955. He served on the Chicago City Council for eight years. He became a circuit judge in 1966, serving until 1978 when he was forced by law to retire from the bench at 70 years old. Despite this, he was reappointed to serve another year because of the court's large caseload. Carey died April 20, 1981 in Chicago.