Clark, Tom C.

Clark, Tom C. (Thomas Campbell)

(1899–1977) Supreme Court justice; born in Dallas, Texas. He joined the Department of Justice and rose to assistant attorney general (1943). As attorney general under President Truman (1945–49), he supported the anticommunist movement. Truman named him to the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–67) where he supported a strong federal government, especially in matters of national security.