Tom C Clark, Supreme Court Justice

Supreme Court Justice

Tom C.Clark

A Life of Service

A book by Mimi Clark Gronlund
with a forward by Ramsey Clark
Published by the University of Texas Press

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About Tom C. Clark  

Born: 
Thomas Campbell Clark, September 23, 1899, Dallas, Texas  

Parents
William Henry Clark, Virginia Maxey Falls  

Married
Mary Ramsey, November 8, 1924  

Children
Thomas Campbell, Jr. (deceased), William Ramsey, Mildred (Mimi)

Education:  Bryan Street High School, Dallas, 1917                    

University of Texas, AB, 1921                    

University of Texas, LLB, 1922  

Legal Career, Dallas, Texas                     

Private Law Practice, Family Firm, Dallas, 1922-27                     

Civil District Attorney, Dallas, 1927-1932                      

Private Law Practice:  Clark 1932-1937   

U. S. Department of Justice, Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General,
1937-1943              

Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 1943-45                       

Attorney General of the United States, 1945-49  

Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-1967

Director of Federal Judicial Center, 1968-1970

Senior Judge, 1971-1977  

Died, heart failure, New York City, June 13, 1977