Tom Clark
Tom C. Clark (1899 - 1977) was a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Education
- University of Texas, A.B., 1921
- University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1922 [1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1922-1927
- Civil district attorney, Dallas, Texas, 1927-1932
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1932-1937
- Special assistant to the U.S. attorney general for war risk litigation, 1937-1938
- Special assistant to the U.S. attorney general for antitrust, 1938-1943
- Assistant U.S. attorney general, Antitrust Division, 1943
- Assistant U.S. attorney general, Criminal Division, 1943-1945
- Attorney General of the United States, 1945-1949
- Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1968-1970 [1]
Federal judicial career
Justice Clark was nominated to the Supreme Court by Harry Truman on August 2, 1949. Clark was confirmed by the Senate on August 18, 1949 and received his commission on August 19, 1949. He assumed senior status on June 12, 1967. His service ended with his death on June 13, 1977. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Justice Clark's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Frank Murphy |
Supreme Court 1949–1977 |
Succeeded by: Thurgood Marshall |
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
