Who appointed Thurmond Clarke?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Thurmond Clarke to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1955.

Was Thurmond Clarke appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Thurmond Clarke was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Thurmond Clarke's confirmation vote?

Thurmond Clarke was confirmed by voice vote on August 1, 1955. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 1966 / Served to 1971

Thurmond Clarke

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955 and confirmed by voice vote, Thurmond Clarke was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) in 1927. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1902–1971
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Southern California Law School (now Gould Law) 1927
Succeeded by: Lawrence Tupper Lydick

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1955	Southern District of California	Eisenhower (R)	Voice vote
1966	Central District of California	Reassigned	–

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)

LL.B.

1927

Judicial Record

In our data, Clarke authored 20 published opinions for the court (1958–1968). Most cited: Selico v. Jackson (27 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1962	Selico v. Jackson	201 F. Supp. 475	27
1961	Koch v. Zuieback	194 F. Supp. 651	19
1960	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Los Angeles Trust Deed & Mortgage Exchange	186 F. Supp. 830	18
1959	Barney Motor Sales v. Cal Sales, Inc.	178 F. Supp. 172	18
1958	Coson v. United States	169 F. Supp. 671	18
1968	Goodman v. United States	285 F. Supp. 245	17
1964	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Enright	231 F. Supp. 275	12
1962	Bartell v. Riddell	202 F. Supp. 70	12
1964	Haigh v. Snidow	231 F. Supp. 324	11
1964	United States v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n	229 F. Supp. 906	9
1961	Fischbach & Moore, Inc. v. International Union of Operating Engineers	198 F. Supp. 911	9
1963	Home Savings and Loan Association v. United States	223 F. Supp. 134	8
1960	In Re Mahaley	187 F. Supp. 229	8
1964	Consolidated Vacuum Corp. v. MacHine Dynamics, Inc.	230 F. Supp. 70	7
1963	Mings v. United States	222 F. Supp. 996	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 20 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Thurmond Clarke?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Thurmond Clarke to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1955.
Was Thurmond Clarke appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Thurmond Clarke was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Thurmond Clarke's confirmation vote?: Thurmond Clarke was confirmed by voice vote on August 1, 1955. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Thurmond Clarke on?: Thurmond Clarke was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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4 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).