"Member of theNebraska House of Representatives" . "Matthew O. Ricketts"@en . "Ricketts, Matthew O."@en . "1917Z"^^ . "American politician" . . . . "1858Z"^^ . . "1858-04-03Z"^^ . "Matthew Oliver Ricketts (April 3, 1858\u20131917) 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."@en . .