"Supreme Court Justice" Tom Clark Hand Signed TLS Dated 1949 Todd Mueller COA

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"Supreme Court Justice" Tom Clark Hand Signed TLS  Dated 1949.
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Thomas Campbell Clark
(September 23, 1899 – June 13, 1977) was an American lawyer who served as the 59th
United States Attorney General
from 1945 to 1949. He was an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States
from 1949 to 1967.
Born in
Dallas, Texas
, Clark graduated from the
University of Texas School of Law
after serving in
World War I
. He practiced law in Dallas until 1937, when he accepted a position in the
United States Department of Justice
. After
Harry S. Truman
became
President of the United States
in 1945, he chose Clark as his Attorney General. In 1949, Truman successfully nominated Clark to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Associate Justice
Frank Murphy
. Clark remained on the court until his retirement in 1967, and was succeeded by
Thurgood Marshall
. Clark retired so that his son,
Ramsey Clark
, could assume the position of Attorney General. Clark served on the
Vinson Court
and the
Warren Court
. He voted with the Court's majority in the several cases concerning
racial segregation
, including the landmark case of
Brown v. Board of Education
. He wrote the majority opinion in landmark
Mapp v. Ohio
, which ruled that the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. He also wrote the majority opinion in
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
, which upheld the public accommodations provision of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
, and the majority opinions in
Garner v. Board of Public Works
,
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
, and
Abington School District v. Schempp
.