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Tom C. Clark Sworn In as Associate Justice

73-3187
Accession Number
73-3187
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957516
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Judges
Legislators
Oaths
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Truman with Members; Truman - Dignitaries - Judicial
People Pictured
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Donaldson, Jesse M. (Jesse Monroe), 1885-1970
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Sawyer, Charles, 1887-1979
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) being sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right) with President Harry S. Truman (center) looking on. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (partly obscured by Vinson), Vice-President Alben Barkley, and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.
Date(s)
August 24, 1949