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Tom C. Clark - Details Overview, Details, Appointments, Opinions
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Details
First Name |
Tom C. |
Last Name |
Clark |
Birth Place |
Texas |
Childhood Location |
Same |
Childhood Surroundings |
Urban |
Family Status |
Upper-middle |
Religion |
Presbyterian |
Ethnicity |
Scotch |
Father |
William H. Clark |
Mother |
Jennie Falls |
Father's Occupation |
Lawyer |
Father's Office |
Texas local official |
Undergraduate Education |
Virginia Military Texas, Attended 1917-18, B.A. 1921 |
Law School |
Texas, Graduated 1922 |
Marriages |
Mary Jane Ramsey (1924) |
Children |
3 |
Bar Admission |
Texas, 1922 |
Law Practice |
Texas, 1922-27, 1932-37 |
Military Service |
Army Infantryman, 1918 |
State Political Position(s) |
Civil district attorney, Dallas, TX, 1927-32 |
Federal Political Position(s) |
Special assistant, Justice Department, 1937-43; assistant attorney general, 1943-45; attorney general, 1945-49 |
Post Court |
Chair, Board of Directors, American Judicature Society, 1967-69; judge, United States court of appeals, by designation, 1967-77; director, Federal Judicial Center, 1968-70 |
Place of Death |
New York, NY |
Interment |
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX |
Party |
Democrat |
Experience |
Prior judicial experience: None. Clark played a different game: He was U.S. Attorney General. |
Paper Size |
Large |
Paper Location |
University of Texas Law Library, Austin, TX |
Writings |
"Administrative Law" (1951); "Constitutional Adjudication and the Supreme Court" (1960); "American Bar Association Standards for Criminal Justice: Prescription for an Ailing System" (1972)" |
Age at Oath |
49 |
Age at End of Service |
76 |
Age at Death |
77 |
