Charles Edward Clark
| Charles Edward Clark | |
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| Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
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In office March 9, 1939 – December 13, 1963 |
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| Appointed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Dean of Yale Law School | |
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In office 1929–1939 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Succeeded by | Ashbel Green Gulliver |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 9, 1889 Woodbridge, Connecticut |
| Died | December 13, 1963 (aged 74) Hamden, Connecticut |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Yale Law School |
Charles Edward Clark (December 9, 1889 – December 13, 1963) was the Dean of Yale Law School (1929–1939) and a United States federal judge, sitting on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1939 to 1963.
Clark was born in Woodbridge, Connecticut to Samuel Orman Clark and Pauline C. Marquand. He received a B.A. from Yale College in 1911 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1913. He was in private practice in New Haven, Connecticut from 1913 to 1919, and served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1917 to 1918 and was Republican. He was a professor of law at Yale Law School from 1919 to 1929, and was then a Sterling Professor of Law and Dean of Yale Law School from 1929 to 1939. He also served as a deputy judge for the Hamden Town Court in Hamden, Connecticut from 1927 to 1931. He was a special assistant U.S. attorney general of Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice in 1938. He was a Visiting lecturer in law, Yale University from 1951 to 1963.
On January 5, 1939, Clark was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit created by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1939, and received his commission on March 9, 1939. Clark served on the Second Circuit until his death in 1963, in Hamden, Connecticut. This included service as Chief Judge from 1954 to 1959. The Second Circuit during Clark's tenure was widely considered one of the best appellate courts in the country, including Judges Learned Hand, Augustus Hand and Jerome Frank.
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