Tom C. Clark
Thomas Campbell Clark (September 23, 1899 – June 13, 1977) was an American lawyer. He was the 59th United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967.[2]
Tom C. Clark | |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
In office August 19, 1949 – June 12, 1967[1] | |
Nominated by | Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Frank Murphy |
Succeeded by | Thurgood Marshall |
59th United States Attorney General | |
In office June 27, 1945 – July 26, 1949 | |
President | Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Francis Biddle |
Succeeded by | Howard McGrath |
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | |
In office 1943–1945 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Wendell Berge |
Succeeded by | Theron Caudle |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Campbell Clark September 23, 1899 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Died | June 13, 1977 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 77)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Mary Ramsey (m. 1924) |
Children | 3, including Ramsey |
Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA, LLB) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States National Guard |
Unit | Texas National Guard |
Tom C. Clark Media
- * Scope and content: Photograph of Cabinet meeting at the White House: * (from left to right)* * Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; * Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; * John Blandford, Jr. of the National Housing Agency; * Julius Krug of the War Production Board; * John Snyder of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; * William Davis of the Office of Economic Stabilization; * Leo Crowley of the Foreign Economic Administration; * Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace; * Under Secretary of the Interior Abe Fortas; * Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; * Secretary of War Henry Stimson; * Secretary of State James Byrnes; * the President; * Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson; * Attorney General Tom Clark; * Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.
Tom C. Clark being sworn in as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, August 24, 1949
Clark with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office at the White House.
Clark in the Oval Office in 1967 after retiring from the Supreme Court.
References
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center: Tom C. Clark. December 12, 2009. http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=444. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
- ↑ Clare Cushman, The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies, 1789-1995 (second edition; Washington D.C. Congressional Quarterly Press 1995) p. 426 et seq.
Other websites
Media related to Tom C. Clark at Wikimedia Commons
Legal offices | ||
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Preceded by Francis Biddle |
United States Attorney General 1945–1949 |
Succeeded by Howard McGrath |
Preceded by Frank Murphy |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1949–1967 |
Succeeded by Thurgood Marshall |