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Tom C. Clark Sworn In to Supreme Court

2013-1201
Accession Number
2013-1201
7x9.125 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348543838
Related Collection
Chapman, Oscar L. Papers
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Judges
Legislators
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Truman with Members; Truman - Dignitaries - Judicial
People Pictured
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (second from right) shakes hands with Tom C. Clark (left) after he was sworn in as an Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Associate Justice Clark; Vice President Alben Barkley; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Also pictured: Secretary of State Dean Acheson (background, left, behind Barkley); and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (background, right, behind Vinson, mostly obscured).
Date(s)
August 24, 1949