Thomas Campbell Clark

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Thomas Campbell Clark was an American lawyer and jurist who served as U.S. Attorney General and later as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Attorney General
human
jurist
lawyer
appointedBy President Harry S. Truman
surface form: Harry S. Truman
child Ramsey Clark
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1899-09-23
dateOfDeath 1977-06-13
educatedAt University of Texas School of Law
University of Texas at Austin
employer City Attorney of Dallas
surface form: City of Dallas (as city attorney early in career)

United States Department of Justice
endTime 1967-06-12
familyName Clark
fieldOfWork antitrust law
constitutional law
givenName Thomas
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
middleName Campbell
militaryService United States Army
notableWork Dennis v. United States
surface form: majority opinion in Dennis v. United States

opinions in cases involving internal security and civil liberties
occupation government official
judge
lawyer
officeEndTime (Associate Justice) 1967
officeEndTime (Attorney General) 1949
officeStartTime (Associate Justice) 1949
officeStartTime (Attorney General) 1945
placeOfBirth Dallas, Texas
surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
politicalParty Democratic Party
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Attorney General
surface form: Attorney General of the United States

United States Assistant Attorney General
surface form: United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division

civilian aide to the United States Attorney General
precededBy Frank Murphy
precededBy (Attorney General) Francis Biddle
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Ramsey Clark
startTime 1949-08-24
succeededBy Thurgood Marshall
succeededBy (Attorney General) J. Howard McGrath NERFINISHED

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Tom C. Clark birthName Thomas Campbell Clark