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Thomas Campbell Clark (September 23, 1899 – June 13, 1977) was an American lawyer who served as the 59th United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967.
Tom C. Clark was a U.S. attorney general (1945–49) and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1949–67). Clark studied law after serving in the U.S. Army during World War I and graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1922 to enter private practice in Dallas.
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Read about how U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark got to the Court, including his education, career, and confirmation process.
Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Tom C. Clark.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Thomas “Tom” Clark, a balanced legal mind dedicated to the work of judging, was born on September 23, 1899 in Dallas, Texas. He was born to William Henry and Virginia Maxey Clark. After graduating from Dallas High School, he served as an infantryman in the United States ...
On the Supreme Court, Clark built a reputation as a pragmatic jurist. Early on, he voted regularly with Chief Justice fred m. vinson and the other Truman appointees. In time, however, he began to assert his independence.
Dec 16, 2023 · Tom C. Clark. U.S. attorney general and U.S. Supreme Court justice who was an important advocate of mass removal of Japanese Americans during Spring 1942. Born in Dallas, Texas, Tom Campbell Clark (1899–1977) was the son of a lawyer. After attending the University of Texas, where he earned his B.A. and law degrees in 1922, he worked in his ...
