Matthew Oliver Ricketts (April 3, 1858 – 1917) was an American politician and physician. He was the first African-American member of the Nebraska Legislature, where he served two terms in the Nebraska House of Representatives (the lower house of what was then a bicameral legislature). He was also the first African American to graduate from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha.
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3 April 1858 Henry County, Kentucky
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1917 (aged 58) St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
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