Clarence E. Case

Acting Governor of New Jersey
Clarence Edward Case
In office January 13, 1920 – January 20, 1920
Preceded by	William Nelson Runyon (Acting Governor)
Succeeded by	Edward I. Edwards
Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
In office 1945 – 1948
Preceded by	Thomas J. Brogan
Succeeded by	Arthur T. Vanderbilt

Born	September 24, 1877 Jersey City, New Jersey
Died	September 3, 1961 Somerville, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Anna Gist Rogers Mrs. Ruth Weldon Griggs
Religion	Episcopalian

Clarence Edward Case (September 24, 1877, Jersey City, New Jersey - September 3, 1961, Somerville, New Jersey) was the acting Republican Governor of New Jersey in 1920, succeeding William Nelson Runyon.

Case graduated from Rutgers University in and was awarded a LL.B. degree from New York Law School in 1902. He practiced as a lawyer, and was clerk of the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee from 1908-1910. From 1918 to 1929, he was a member of the New Jersey Senate representing Somerset County. As Senate President he served as Acting Governor from January 13, 1920 until January 20, 1920, in the week between the end of the term of William Nelson Runyon, the preceding Acting Governor, and the start of Edward I. Edwards' term as Governor.^[1] Case served on the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1929 to 1952, and was the Chief Justice from 1946-1948.

Case died on September 3, 1961, in Somerville, New Jersey, where he resided after retiring.

His nephew, Clifford P. Case represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1945–1953) and United States Senate (1955–1979).^[2]

[edit] References

^ Peterson, Iver. "On Politics: The State's Next Governor? It Isn't Who You Think It Is", The New York Times, October 21, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Senate President Clarence Case was acting governor for a week in 1920 and then went on to become a state Supreme Court justice, serving as a role model for his nephew, the late senator Clifford Case, who always cited his uncle as his reason for going into public life."
^ "A Political Microcosm", Time (magazine), October 18, 1954. Accessed August 3, 2007. "His uncle, Clarence E. Case, now living in retirement in Somerville, was a state senator and for 23 years a State Supreme Court Justice."

Preceded by William Nelson Runyon as Acting Governor	Acting Governor of New Jersey 1920	Succeeded by Edward I. Edwards
Preceded by Thomas J. Brogan	Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1948–1952	Succeeded by Arthur T. Vanderbilt

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