Clarence Thomas
| Clarence Thomas | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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Assumed office October 23, 1991 |
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| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thurgood Marshall |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
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In office March 12, 1990 – October 23, 1991 |
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| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Bork |
| Succeeded by | Judith Rogers |
| Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
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In office May 6, 1982 – March 12, 1990 |
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| President |
Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Eleanor Holmes Norton |
| Succeeded by | Evan Kemp |
| Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights | |
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In office 1981–1982 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Cynthia Brown |
| Succeeded by | Harry Singleton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 23, 1948 Pin Point, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Kathy Ambush (m. 1971; div. 1984) Virginia Lamp (m. 1987) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education |
Conception Seminary College College of the Holy Cross (BA) Yale University (JD) |
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Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American judge, lawyer, and government official who currently serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas succeeded Thurgood Marshall and is the second African American to serve on the court.
Thomas grew up in Savannah, Georgia, and was educated at the College of the Holy Cross and at Yale Law School. In 1974, he was appointed an Assistant Attorney General in Missouri and subsequently practiced law there in the private sector. In 1979, he became a legislative assistant to Senator John Danforth (R-MO) and in 1981 was appointed Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Thomas Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
In 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He served in that role for 16 months and on July 1, 1991, was nominated by Bush to fill Marshall's seat on the United States Supreme Court. Thomas's confirmation hearings were bitter and intensely fought, centering on an accusation that he had sexually harassed attorney Anita Hill, a subordinate at the Department of Education and subsequently at the EEOC. The U.S. Senate ultimately confirmed Thomas by a vote of 52–48.
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