John Hessin Clarke
| John Hessin Clarke | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #2T |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Woodrow Wilson |
| Active: | 7/24/1916 - 9/18/1922 |
| Preceded by: | Charles Evans Hughes |
| Succeeded by: | George Sutherland |
| Past post: | Northern District of Ohio |
| Past term: | 1914 - 1916 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1857 |
| Deceased: | 1945 |
| Bachelors: | Western Reserve College (1877) |
| Law School: | Read Law (1878) |
Contents |
John Hessin Clarke (1857-1945) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, New Lisbon, Ohio, 1878-1880
- Private practice, Youngstown, Ohio, 1880-1897
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 1897-1913 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court
Justice Clarke was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson on July 14, 1916 to fill the seat vacated by Charles Evans Hughes. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 24th, and received commission that same day. He resigned on September 18, 1922.[1]
Northern District of Ohio
Clarke was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on July 15, 1914 to fill the seat vacated by William Louis Day. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 21st, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until July 24, 1916, when he was assigned to the Supreme Court.[1] Clarke was succeeded in this position by David Westenhaver.
External links
- Biography from The Ohio Judicial Center
- Justice Clarke's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Justice Clarke's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Louis Day |
Northern District of Ohio 1914–1916 Seat #2T |
Succeeded by: David Westenhaver |
| Preceded by: Charles Evans Hughes |
Supreme Court 1916–1922 |
Succeeded by: George Sutherland |
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| 1913 |
Bingham • Brown • Call • Campbell • Dooling • Neterer • Rogers • Sawtelle • Sullivan • Thomas • Woods | ||
| 1914 |
Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley | ||
| 1915 |
Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade | ||
| 1916 |
Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough | ||
| 1917 |
Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver | ||
| 1918 |
Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams | ||
| 1919 |
Donahue • Faris • Graham • Haight • Lynch • Morris • Page • Peck • Sibley • Watkins • Webb • Weller • Wilson | ||
| 1920 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Solomon Oliver • John R. Adams • Christopher Boyko • James Gwin • Sara Lioi • Donald Nugent • Dan Polster • Jack Zouhary • Patricia Gaughan • Benita Pearson • Jeffrey J. Helmick | ||
| Senior judges |
James Carr • David Dowd • David Katz • Lesley Wells • Peter Economus • John Potter • George White • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Vernelis Armstrong • William Baughman • George Limbert • Kenneth McHargh • David Perelman • Nancy Vecchiarelli • Greg White • James Knepp • Kathleen B. Burke • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Ann Aldrich • Sam Bell • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Alice Batchelder • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Hiram V. Willson • Charles Taylor Sherman • Martin Welker • Augustus Ricks • Francis Joseph Wing • Robert Walker Tayler • William Louis Day • John Milton Killits • John Hessin Clarke • David Westenhaver • Paul Jones • George Philip Hahn • Frank Kloeb • Frank Battisti • James Connell • Emerich Freed • Ben Green • Girard Kalbfleisch • Alvin Krenzler • Thomas Lambros • John Manos • Paul Matia • Charles McNamee • Richard McQuade • William K. Thomas • Nicholas Walinski • Samuel West • Robert Wilkin • Don Young • Paul Weick • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Carr • Paul Jones • Frank Kloeb • George White • Frank Battisti • James Connell • Girard Kalbfleisch • Thomas Lambros • Paul Matia • Charles McNamee • | ||
