Richard E. S. Toomey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard E. S. Toomey

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1948

Profession: lawyer, poet, civil servant, soldier

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Richard E.
S.
Toomey (May 1862 – April 17, 1948) was a soldier, poet, civil servant, and lawyer in Washington, DC and Miami, Florida.
His poetry gained popularity in the early 1900s and he was called "The Soldier Poet".
He was well known in Washington, DC, and friends with Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Outside of poetry, he served in the Spanish–American War and became a popular speaker in political and social causes in DC.
He graduated from Howard University Law School in Washington DC in 1906.
In 1913, he moved to Miami, where he was Miami's first black attorney.