John Hessin Clarke

John Hessin Clarke

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

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Supreme Court of the United States

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Education

Bachelor's

Western Reserve College, 1877

Law

Read law, 1878

Personal

Birthplace

Ohio

John Hessin Clarke (1857-1945) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson on July 14, 1916. Clarke resigned on September 18, 1922. Before joining the court, Clarke spent his legal career in private practice in Ohio.^[1]

Clarke was one of three justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Wilson. He served during The White Court and The Taft Court.^[2]

Education

Clarke received an A.B. degree from Western Reserve College in 1877. He received his legal education by reading law.^[1]

Professional career

• 1897-1913: Attorney in private practice, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1880-1897: Attorney in private practice, Youngstown, Ohio
• 1878-1880: Attorney in private practice, New Lisbon, Ohio^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court

Clarke was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson on July 14, 1916, to fill the seat vacated by Charles Evans Hughes. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 24th, and received commission that same day. Clarke resigned on September 18, 1922.^[1] He was succeeded in this position by Justice George Sutherland.

Northern District of Ohio

Clarke was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on July 15, 1914, to fill the seat vacated by William Louis Day. Clarke was confirmed by the Senate on July 21st, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until July 24, 1916, when he was assigned to the Supreme Court.^[1] Clarke was succeeded in this position by David Westenhaver.

See also

• History of the Supreme Court

External links

• The Ohio Judicial Center, "Biography"
• Justice Clarke's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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1914	Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley
1915	Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade
1916	Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough
1917	Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver
1918	Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams
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1920	Bodine • Bryan • Cooper • Davis • Estes • King

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Active judges	Chief Judge: Sara Lioi   •  John R. Adams (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio judge)  •  Benita Pearson  •  Pamela A. Barker  •  Jeffrey J. Helmick  •  James Knepp (Ohio)  •  David A. Ruiz (Ohio)  •  Philip Calabrese  •  Bridget Brennan  •  Charles Fleming (Ohio)
Senior judges	James G. Carr (Ohio)  •  Christopher Boyko  •  Peter Economus  •  James Gwin  •  Donald Nugent  •  Solomon Oliver  •  Dan Polster  •  Jack Zouhary  •  Patricia Gaughan  •
Magistrate judges	William Baughman  •  Thomas Parker (Ohio)  •  Jonathan D. Greenberg  •  Darrell Clay  •  Amanda Knapp  •  Carmen Henderson  •
Former Article III judges	Ann Aldrich  •  Sam Bell (Ohio)  •  David Dowd  •  David Katz (Ohio)  •  Lesley Wells  •  Kathleen M. O'Malley  •  Alice Batchelder  •  Robert Krupansky  •  Leroy Contie  •  Hiram V. Willson  •  Charles Taylor Sherman  •  Martin Welker  •  Augustus Ricks  •  Francis Joseph Wing  •  Robert Walker Tayler  •  William Louis Day  •  John Milton Killits  •  John Hessin Clarke  •  David Westenhaver  •  Paul Jones (Ohio)  •  George Philip Hahn  •  Frank Kloeb  •  George White (Ohio)  •  Frank Battisti  •  James Connell  •  Emerich Freed  •  Ben Green  •  Girard Kalbfleisch  •  Alvin Krenzler  •  Thomas Lambros  •  John Manos  •  Paul Matia  •  Charles McNamee  •  Richard McQuade  •  William K. Thomas (Ohio federal judge)  •  Nicholas Walinski  •  Samuel West  •  Robert Wilkin  •  Don Young (Ohio)  •  Paul Weick  •
Former Chief judges	James G. Carr (Ohio)  •  Solomon Oliver  •  Paul Jones (Ohio)  •  Frank Kloeb  •  George White (Ohio)  •  Frank Battisti  •  James Connell  •  Girard Kalbfleisch  •  Thomas Lambros  •  Paul Matia  •  Charles McNamee  •  Patricia Gaughan  •