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

Supreme Court Justices
swearing in of Justice Tom Clark

 

 

Tom Clark in the Texas law library

 

Supreme Court of the united States Seal

Home page Book Excerpt Table of Contents About the Author Photo Gallery Links

Tom C. Clark Photo Gallery
William Henry Clark, circa 1897 (age 36) Tom Clark in Boy Scout Uniform. In 1914, Justice Clark was one of the first Eagle Scouts in the country and was a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. Tom Clark’s graduation picture from Bryan Street High School, 1917. Tom Clark’s graduation picture from University of Texas, 1922.
Mary Ramsey on her wedding day, November 8, 1924. Tom Clark as a young lawyer in Dallas, February 1937. Tom Clark’s swearing in as Attorney General of the United States, June 30, 1945. From left to right: nephew Whit Clark, Ramsey Clark, nephew Bobby Clark, Judge Thurman Arnold, Tom Clark, Mary Clark, Jennie Falls Clark, mother of Tom Clark. Attorney General Tom Clark frying chicken with his mother Jennie Falls Clark, Summer 1945.
Attorney General Clark in Dallas, Texas, Fall 1945. Alice O’Donnell, Clark’s longtime secretary, at her desk in the Department of Justice, circa 1947 Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson, President Harry S. Truman, January 11, 1946 Attorney General Clark and Mimi dancing at the Inaugural Ball, January 20, 1949
Tom Clark’s swearing in as Associate Justice of the United States, August 24, 1949 l-r: Clark, President Truman, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson Clark family walking across White House lawn following his swearing in as a Supreme Court Justice. l-r: Ramsey and wife Georgia Clark, Mimi , Justice Clark, Mary Clark, Bob Clark brother of Tom Clark Associate Justice Tom C. Clark, circa 1952 Mimi receiving a kiss from Chief Justice Fred Vinson at her wedding to Thomas Richard Gronlund, August 7, 1953. This is thought to be the last picture taken of Vinson who died of a heart attack a month later, September 8, 1953.
Justice Clark with grandson Tom C. Clark II, circa 1957 Justice Clark in his Supreme Court office circa 1965 Tom and Mary Clark celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. Supreme Court reception room, November 8, 1964 Tom Clark and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, circa 1965
Tom Clark swearing in his son Ramsey as Attorney General of the United States, March 1967 Ramsey and Tom Clark on his last day sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court, June 12, 1967 Tom and Mary Clark on their 50th anniversary