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Vinson Swearing In Tom Clark as Associate Justice

73-3192
Accession Number
73-3192
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957528
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Judges
Legislators
Oaths
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Dignitaries - Judicial
People Pictured
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Sawyer, Charles, 1887-1979
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Former Attorney General 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). President Harry S. Truman (center) watches. Standing in the background are, from left to right: unidentified woman, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Louis Johnson, remainder unidentified.
Date(s)
August 24, 1949