Miranda Holloway-Baggett Could be Alabama’s First Black Woman U.S. Marshal

By Warren Kulo | wkulo@al.com President Joe Biden has nominated Miranda Holloway-Baggett to become the next U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, according to a release from the White House. Holloway-Baggett, a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service, is the current Chief Inspector/Discipline Deciding Official for the service, working out of the Southern District’s Mobile office. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Holloway-Baggett will become the first Black woman to be appointed as a U.S. Marshal in Alabama. Katherine Battle, who was white, was the nation’s first-ever female U.S. Marshal when she served in a temporary capacity in the Southern District of Alabama for four months in 1949, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Tyree Richburg in 1978 became the first Alabama Black man to serve as U.S. Marshal in Alabama’s Southern District. William H. Edwards III in 1994 became the first Black U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama “I am thrilled that President Biden has selected Miranda Holloway-Baggett to serve as U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama!” said U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) in a social media post. “Her 23 years of experience, exemplary professionalism and dedication to the rule of...