Who appointed Tom C. Clark?

President Harry S Truman appointed Tom C. Clark to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1949.

Was Tom C. Clark appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Tom C. Clark was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Tom C. Clark's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Tom C. Clark 73–8 on August 18, 1949.

Supreme Court / Appointed 1949 / Served to 1967

Tom C. Clark

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1949 and confirmed by the Senate 73–8, Tom C. Clark was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1922. 216 opinions of the Court ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1899–1977
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1949
Confirmed: 73–8
Education: University of Texas 1921 · University of Texas Law 1922
Succeeded: Frank Murphy
Succeeded by: Thurgood Marshall

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1949	Supreme Court succeeded Frank Murphy	Truman (D)	73–8

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

The Senate’s published per-senator roll-call records begin in 1989, so no senator-by-senator breakdown is available for this vote.

Education

University of Texas	A.B.	1921
University of Texas School of Law	LL.B.	1922

Opinions of the Court

Clark delivered 216 opinions of the Court in the covered window (October Term 1949 – October Term 1966). Most cited: Anders v. California (87,848 citations).

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1967	Berger v. New York	388 U.S. 41 (1967)	1212
1967	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Bosch	387 U.S. 456 (1967)	1739
1967	Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service	387 U.S. 118 (1967)	207
1967	Entsminger v. Iowa	386 U.S. 748 (1967)	232
1967	Anders v. California	386 U.S. 738 (1967)	87848
1967	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al. v. United States et al.	386 U.S. 372 (1967)	–
1967	Federal Trade Commission v. Jantzen, Inc.	386 U.S. 228 (1967)	–
1967	Levin v. Mississippi River Fuel Corp. et al.	386 U.S. 162 (1967)	–
1967	Whitus et al. v. Georgia	385 U.S. 545 (1967)	696
1967	Sims v. Georgia	385 U.S. 538 (1967)	561
1966	First National Bank of Logan v. Walker Bank & Trust Co.	385 U.S. 252 (1966)	189
1966	Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. et al.	385 U.S. 57 (1966)	216
1966	Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. et al.	384 U.S. 597 (1966)	416
1966	Cheff v. Schnackenberg, U.S. Circuit Judge, et al.	384 U.S. 373 (1966)	438
1966	Shillitani v. United States	384 U.S. 364 (1966)	1344
1966	Sheppard v. Maxwell, Warden	384 U.S. 333 (1966)	2653
1966	United States v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States	384 U.S. 323 (1966)	152
1966	Perry v. Commerce Loan Co.	383 U.S. 392 (1966)	176
1966	Pate, Warden v. Robinson	383 U.S. 375 (1966)	3039
1966	Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114, et al.	383 U.S. 53 (1966)	926
1966	United States v. Adams et al.	383 U.S. 39 (1966)	544
1966	Graham et al. v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City et al.	383 U.S. 1 (1966)	3371
1965	Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp.	382 U.S. 172 (1965)	902
1965	Angelet v. Fay, Warden	381 U.S. 654 (1965)	–
1965	Linkletter v. Walker, Warden	381 U.S. 618 (1965)	2898
1965	Estes v. Texas	381 U.S. 532 (1965)	1725
1965	Atlantic Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission	381 U.S. 357 (1965)	120
1965	Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. New Jersey Wood Finishing Co.	381 U.S. 311 (1965)	138
1965	Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees v. Association for the Benefit of Non-Contract Employees	380 U.S. 650 (1965)	161
1965	Paragon Jewel Coal Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	380 U.S. 624 (1965)	–
1965	United States v. Seeger	380 U.S. 163 (1965)	1113
1965	Whitney National Bank in Jefferson Parish v. Bank of New Orleans & Trust Co. et al.	379 U.S. 411 (1965)	327
1964	Hamm v. City of Rock Hill	379 U.S. 306 (1964)	243
1964	Katzenbach, Acting Attorney General, et al. v. McClung et al.	379 U.S. 294 (1964)	635
1964	Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States et al.	379 U.S. 241 (1964)	912
1964	United States v. Penn-Olin Chemical Co. et al.	378 U.S. 158 (1964)	138
1964	General Motors Corp. v. Washington et al.	377 U.S. 436 (1964)	272
1964	J. I. Case Co. et al. v. Borak	377 U.S. 426 (1964)	1399
1964	Coleman v. Alabama	377 U.S. 129 (1964)	–
1964	United States v. Barnett et al.	376 U.S. 681 (1964)	198
1964	Rugendorf v. United States	376 U.S. 528 (1964)	725
1964	Federal Power Commission v. Hunt et al.	376 U.S. 515 (1964)	–
1964	United States et al. v. J. B. Montgomery, Inc.	376 U.S. 389 (1964)	–
1964	A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.	376 U.S. 375 (1964)	–
1964	Platt, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.	376 U.S. 240 (1964)	256
1964	Reisman et al., Doing Business as Trammell, Rand & Nathan, v. Caplin et al.	375 U.S. 440 (1964)	582
1964	Anderson et al. v. Martin	375 U.S. 399 (1964)	154
1963	Meyer v. United States	375 U.S. 233 (1963)	177
1963	School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Schempp et al.	374 U.S. 203 (1963)	–
1963	United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co.	374 U.S. 174 (1963)	234
1963	Moseley, Doing Business as Moseley Plumbing & Heating Co., v. Electronic & Missile Facilities, Inc., et al.	374 U.S. 167 (1963)	102
1963	Ker et Ux. v. California	374 U.S. 23 (1963)	3146
1963	Goss et al. v. Board of Education of Knoxville, Tennessee, et al.	373 U.S. 683 (1963)	184
1963	City of Fresno v. California et al.	372 U.S. 627 (1963)	–
1963	Dugan et al. v. Rank et al.	372 U.S. 609 (1963)	1134
1963	United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. et al.	372 U.S. 29 (1963)	902
1963	Incres Steamship Co., Ltd., v. International Maritime Workers Union et al.	372 U.S. 24 (1963)	–
1963	McCulloch, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, et al. v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras	372 U.S. 10 (1963)	408
1962	Federal Power Commission v. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. et al.	371 U.S. 145 (1962)	123
1962	Hewitt-Robins Incorporated v. Eastern Freight-Ways, Inc.	371 U.S. 84 (1962)	–
1962	United States v. Borden Company et al.	370 U.S. 460 (1962)	–
1962	Porter v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.	370 U.S. 159 (1962)	151
1962	United States v. Davis et al.	370 U.S. 65 (1962)	380
1962	Sunkist Growers, Inc., et al. v. Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co. et al.	370 U.S. 19 (1962)	230
1962	Guzman v. Pichirilo	369 U.S. 698 (1962)	224
1962	Goldblatt et al. v. Town of Hempstead	369 U.S. 590 (1962)	810
1962	Beck v. Washington	369 U.S. 541 (1962)	596
1962	Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al.	368 U.S. 464 (1962)	2575
1962	Oyler v. Boles, Warden	368 U.S. 448 (1962)	1736
1961	St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States	368 U.S. 208 (1961)	224
1961	Roper v. United States et al.	368 U.S. 20 (1961)	–
1961	American Automobile Association v. United States	367 U.S. 687 (1961)	286
1961	Mapp v. Ohio	367 U.S. 643 (1961)	9088
1961	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.	366 U.S. 745 (1961)	–
1961	International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Afl-Cio, v. National Labor Relations Board et al.	366 U.S. 731 (1961)	312
1961	Irvin v. Dowd, Warden	366 U.S. 717 (1961)	3697
1961	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lester	366 U.S. 299 (1961)	348
1961	Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority et al.	365 U.S. 715 (1961)	1835
1961	Smith v. Bennett, Warden	365 U.S. 708 (1961)	488
1961	Michigan National Bank et al. v. Michigan et al.	365 U.S. 467 (1961)	–
1961	Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. et al.	365 U.S. 320 (1961)	623
1961	Schnell et al. v. Peter Eckrich & Sons, Inc., et al.	365 U.S. 260 (1961)	146
1961	Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago et al.	365 U.S. 43 (1961)	255
1961	Carbo v. United States	364 U.S. 611 (1961)	228
1960	Hertz Corporation (successor to J. Frank Connor, Inc.) v. United States	364 U.S. 122 (1960)	106
1960	Massey Motors, Inc., v. United States	364 U.S. 92 (1960)	279
1960	United States v. Cannelton Sewer Pipe Co.	364 U.S. 76 (1960)	127
1960	Gonzales v. United States	364 U.S. 59 (1960)	–
1960	Rohr Aircraft Corp. v. County of San Diego et al.	362 U.S. 628 (1960)	–
1960	Schaffer et al. v. United States	362 U.S. 511 (1960)	474
1960	Scripto, Inc., v. Carson, Sheriff, et al.	362 U.S. 207 (1960)	186
1960	Nelson et al. v. County of Los Angeles et al.	362 U.S. 1 (1960)	–
1960	United States v. Mersky et al.	361 U.S. 431 (1960)	–
1960	Forman v. United States	361 U.S. 416 (1960)	239
1960	Davis v. Virginian Railway Co.	361 U.S. 354 (1960)	–
1960	McElroy, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. United States Ex Rel. Guagliardo	361 U.S. 281 (1960)	117
1960	Grisham v. Hagan, Warden	361 U.S. 278 (1960)	–
1960	Kinsella, Warden, v. United States Ex Rel. Singleton	361 U.S. 234 (1960)	296
1959	Inman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.	361 U.S. 138 (1959)	130
1959	West v. United States et al.	361 U.S. 118 (1959)	230
1959	Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States	360 U.S. 395 (1959)	586
1959	Atlantic Refining Co. et al. v. Public Service Commission of New York et al.	360 U.S. 378 (1959)	356
1959	Magenau, Administrator, v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.	360 U.S. 273 (1959)	–
1959	Uphaus v. Wyman, Attorney General of New Hampshire	360 U.S. 72 (1959)	164
1959	Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.	360 U.S. 55 (1959)	108
1959	Service Storage & Transfer Co., Inc., v. Virginia	359 U.S. 171 (1959)	–
1959	United States v. Embassy Restaurant, Inc., et al.	359 U.S. 29 (1959)	131
1959	Harris v. United States	359 U.S. 19 (1959)	147
1959	Railway Express Agency, Inc., v. Virginia	358 U.S. 434 (1959)	–
1959	Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. v. Minnesota	358 U.S. 450 (1959)	531
1959	International Boxing Club of New York, Inc., et al. v. United States	358 U.S. 242 (1959)	160
1958	Crooker v. California	357 U.S. 433 (1958)	523
1958	Ivanhoe Irrigation District et al. v. McCracken et al.	357 U.S. 275 (1958)	234
1958	Rogers, Attorney General, v. Quan et al.	357 U.S. 193 (1958)	–
1958	Leng May Ma v. Barber, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service	357 U.S. 185 (1958)	411
1958	Public Service Commission of Utah et al. v. United States et al.	356 U.S. 421 (1958)	–
1958	County of Marin et al. v. United States et al.	356 U.S. 412 (1958)	–
1958	United States v. Cores	356 U.S. 405 (1958)	199
1958	Thomas v. Arizona	356 U.S. 390 (1958)	118
1958	Hoover Motor Express Co., Inc., v. United States	356 U.S. 38 (1958)	–
1958	Tank Truck Rentals, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	356 U.S. 30 (1958)	215
1958	Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co., Inc.	355 U.S. 563 (1958)	478
1958	Andrew G. Nelson, Inc., v. United States et al.	355 U.S. 554 (1958)	–
1958	Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co.	355 U.S. 396 (1958)	–
1957	American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.	355 U.S. 141 (1957)	–
1957	Yates v. United States	355 U.S. 66 (1957)	222
1957	Lake Tankers Corp. v. Henn, Administratrix	354 U.S. 147 (1957)	188
1957	British Transport Commission v. United States et al.	354 U.S. 129 (1957)	100
1957	Fowler v. Wilkinson, Warden	353 U.S. 583 (1957)	–
1957	Jackson v. Taylor, Acting Warden	353 U.S. 569 (1957)	112
1957	Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson	353 U.S. 325 (1957)	–
1957	Office Employes International Union, Local No. 11, Afl-Cio, v. National Labor Relations Board	353 U.S. 313 (1957)	–
1957	Benz et al. v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo, S. a.	353 U.S. 138 (1957)	212
1957	Radovich v. National Football League et al.	352 U.S. 445 (1957)	350
1957	Breithaupt v. Abram, Warden	352 U.S. 432 (1957)	760
1957	Federal Trade Commission v. National Lead Co. et al.	352 U.S. 419 (1957)	204
1957	Soriano v. United States	352 U.S. 270 (1957)	693
1957	La Buy, United States District Judge, v. Howes Leather Co., Inc., et al.	352 U.S. 249 (1957)	664
1956	Brownell, Attorney General, v. Tom We Shung	352 U.S. 180 (1956)	153
1956	United States v. Bergh et al.	352 U.S. 40 (1956)	–
1956	Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert	351 U.S. 487 (1956)	–
1956	Kinsella, Warden, v. Krueger	351 U.S. 470 (1956)	–
1956	Black et al. v. Cutter Laboratories	351 U.S. 292 (1956)	118
1956	Hatahley et al. v. United States	351 U.S. 173 (1956)	274
1956	Slochower v. Board of Higher Education of New York City	350 U.S. 551 (1956)	744
1956	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Southwest Exploration Co.	350 U.S. 308 (1956)	279
1956	United States v. Ryan	350 U.S. 299 (1956)	158
1956	Rex Trailer Co., Inc. v. United States	350 U.S. 148 (1956)	411
1955	Michel v. Louisiana	350 U.S. 91 (1955)	2788
1955	Reece v. Georgia	350 U.S. 85 (1955)	260
1955	Corn Products Refining Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	350 U.S. 46 (1955)	669
1955	Marcello v. Bonds, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service	349 U.S. 302 (1955)	358
1955	Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States Ex Rel. Accardi	349 U.S. 280 (1955)	–
1955	Maneja et al. v. Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.	349 U.S. 254 (1955)	104
1955	Shomberg v. United States	348 U.S. 540 (1955)	–
1955	United States v. Menasche	348 U.S. 528 (1955)	1032
1955	Gonzales v. United States	348 U.S. 407 (1955)	220
1955	Simmons v. United States	348 U.S. 397 (1955)	140
1955	Sicurella v. United States	348 U.S. 385 (1955)	156
1955	Witmer v. United States	348 U.S. 375 (1955)	485
1955	Cox et al., Administrators, et al. v. Roth, Administrator	348 U.S. 207 (1955)	108
1954	United States v. Calderon	348 U.S. 160 (1954)	273
1954	Smith v. United States	348 U.S. 147 (1954)	719
1954	Friedberg v. United States	348 U.S. 142 (1954)	–
1954	Holland et Ux. v. United States	348 U.S. 121 (1954)	3238
1954	United States v. Borden Company et al.	347 U.S. 514 (1954)	148
1954	United States v. Dixon	347 U.S. 381 (1954)	–
1954	United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service	347 U.S. 260 (1954)	1415
1954	Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert, Comptroller of Public Accounts, et al.	347 U.S. 157 (1954)	190
1954	Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. et al.	346 U.S. 537 (1954)	418
1953	Dickinson v. United States	346 U.S. 389 (1953)	508
1953	Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland, Chief Judge, et al.	346 U.S. 379 (1953)	826
1953	New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. v. Nothnagle et al.	346 U.S. 128 (1953)	209
1953	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co.	346 U.S. 119 (1953)	437
1953	United States v. W. T. Grant Co. et al.	345 U.S. 629 (1953)	2512
1953	Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. United States	345 U.S. 594 (1953)	844
1953	United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in the County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.	345 U.S. 344 (1953)	–
1953	Heikkila v. Barber, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al.	345 U.S. 229 (1953)	319
1953	Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization, v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei	345 U.S. 206 (1953)	871
1953	South Buffalo Railway Co. v. Ahern et al.	344 U.S. 367 (1953)	141
1953	Edelman v. California	344 U.S. 357 (1953)	–
1952	Steele et al. v. Bulova Watch Co., Inc.	344 U.S. 280 (1952)	370
1952	Wieman et al. v. Updegraff et al.	344 U.S. 183 (1952)	860
1952	Baumet et al. v. United States et al.	344 U.S. 82 (1952)	–
1952	United States v. Henning et al.	344 U.S. 66 (1952)	–
1952	Leland v. Oregon	343 U.S. 790 (1952)	1010
1952	Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al.	343 U.S. 495 (1952)	874
1952	Federal Trade Commission v. Ruberoid Co.	343 U.S. 470 (1952)	235
1952	Stroble v. California	343 U.S. 181 (1952)	444
1952	Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture, v. Stark et al.	342 U.S. 451 (1952)	–
1952	Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States	342 U.S. 337 (1952)	770
1952	Cities Service Co. et al. v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian	342 U.S. 330 (1952)	–
1952	United States v. Shannon et al.	342 U.S. 288 (1952)	110
1951	United States v. Jeffers	342 U.S. 48 (1951)	1320
1951	Garner et al. v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles et al.	341 U.S. 716 (1951)	271
1951	Hoffman v. United States	341 U.S. 479 (1951)	1874
1951	United States et al. v. Champlin Refining Co.	341 U.S. 290 (1951)	–
1951	Elder et al. v. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture	341 U.S. 277 (1951)	–
1951	United States v. Moore et Ux.	340 U.S. 616 (1951)	–
1951	Emich Motors Corp. et al. v. General Motors Corp. et al.	340 U.S. 558 (1951)	483
1951	Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison et al.	340 U.S. 349 (1951)	445
1950	Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Oklahoma et al.	340 U.S. 190 (1950)	105
1950	Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co. et al.	340 U.S. 179 (1950)	134
1950	United States v. Sanchez et al.	340 U.S. 42 (1950)	160
1950	Brown Shoe Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	339 U.S. 583 (1950)	109
1950	National Labor Relations Board v. Pool Manufacturing Co.	339 U.S. 577 (1950)	–
1950	National Labor Relations Board v. Mexia Textile Mills, Inc.	339 U.S. 563 (1950)	193
1950	Hiatt, Warden, v. Brown	339 U.S. 103 (1950)	144
1950	Affolder v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co.	339 U.S. 96 (1950)	158
1950	New Jersey Realty Title Insurance Co. v. Division of Tax Appeals of New Jersey et al.	338 U.S. 665 (1950)	–
1950	Wissner et al. v. Wissner	338 U.S. 655 (1950)	281
1949	Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co.	338 U.S. 430 (1949)	155
1949	Wilmette Park District v. Campbell, Collector of Internal Revenue	338 U.S. 411 (1949)	–
1949	United States v. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co.	338 U.S. 396 (1949)	153
1949	Manufacturers Trust Co., Trustee, v. Becker et al.	338 U.S. 304 (1949)	–
1949	Treichler, Executor, v. Wisconsin	338 U.S. 251 (1949)	–

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Who appointed Tom C. Clark?: President Harry S Truman appointed Tom C. Clark to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1949.
Was Tom C. Clark appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Tom C. Clark was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Tom C. Clark's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Tom C. Clark 73–8 on August 18, 1949.
Which court was Tom C. Clark on?: Tom C. Clark was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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