Tom C. Clark

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Tom C. Clark was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967 and previously as U.S. Attorney General under President Harry S. Truman.

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Tom C. Clark canonical 31
Justice Tom C. Clark 6

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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
birthName Thomas Campbell Clark ⓘ
buriedAt Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Dallas, Texas ⓘ
causeOfResignation avoid conflict of interest with son Ramsey Clark as Attorney General ⓘ
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 ⓘ
endTime 1967-06-12 ⓘ
endTime (as Attorney General) 1949-07-26 ⓘ
familyName Clark ⓘ
givenName Tom ⓘ
heldPosition Assistant Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
nominatedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
notableCase Abington School District v. Schempp ⓘ
Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ
notableWork Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ
surface form: majority opinion in Mapp v. Ohio

opinions in civil rights and criminal procedure cases ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dallas, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
United States Attorney General ⓘ
surface form: Attorney General of the United States
precededBy (as Attorney General) Francis Biddle ⓘ
precededBy (on Supreme Court) Frank Murphy ⓘ
reasonForEndOfTerm resignation ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Ramsey Clark ⓘ
startTime 1949-08-24 ⓘ
startTime (as Attorney General) 1945-06-30 ⓘ
succeededBy (as Attorney General) J. Howard McGrath ⓘ
succeededBy (on Supreme Court) Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
workedAs private practice lawyer in Dallas ⓘ
workedFor United States Department of Justice ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Supreme Court

United States government ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katzenbach v. McClung → majorityOpinionBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Tom C. Clark
Gideon v. Wainwright → joinedBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
ABA Medal → hasRecipient → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Mapp v. Ohio → majorityOpinionBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Shelley v. Kraemer → joinedBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Engel v. Vitale → majorityJustices → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Escobedo v. Illinois → dissentBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Ollie’s Barbecue case → opinionBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Tom C. Clark
Thoroughgood Marshall → precededBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
subject surface form: Thurgood Marshall
Wolf v. Colorado → joinedByInMajority → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
United States v. Guest → joinedByInMajority → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Tom C. Clark
United States v. Guest → concurrenceBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Tom C. Clark
Clark → hasNotableBearer → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Baker v. Carr → majorityJustices → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Malloy v. Hogan → dissentingJustices → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Cox v. Louisiana → joinedByInMajority → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Ramsey Clark → parent → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Massiah v. United States → dissentBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Tom C. Clark
Mary Ramsey Clark → spouse → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Dallas, Texas → notableBurial → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
subject surface form: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
Trop v. Dulles → dissentBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Stack v. Boyle → justiceInMajority → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Yates v. United States → dissentBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ
Rochin v. California → concurrenceBy → Tom C. Clark ⓘ