William Clark (judge)

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William Clark.
William Clark.

William Clark (February 1, 1891 – October 10, 1957) was a U.S. federal judge.

Clark was born on February 1, 1891 in Newark, New Jersey. His father, J. William Clark, was president of the Clark Thread Company of Newark.[1] He earned successive degrees at Harvard University, starting with a B.A. at the age of 20 in 1911, followed by an M.A. a year later, and finally an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1915. Two years later, when World War I broke out, he joined the U.S. Army, where he stayed until 1918.

Clark married Marjory Blair, daughter of investment banker C. Ledyard Blair, on September 20, 1913. Eight hundred guests were invited to the celebration at the Blairsden Mansion in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey.[1] Their daughter Anne was born on July 18, 1914. Anne Clark Martindell would go on to serve in the New Jersey Senate and as United States Ambassador to New Zealand.

In 1920, Clark started out the practice of law in Newark, which lasted a bare four years before he became a judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals in 1923. He was only a state judge for one year. On May 21, 1925, he received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. His appointment was confirmed by the Senate later that year.

On June 10, 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Clark for elevation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was confirmed on June 16 and joined the court on June 25.

On March 24, 1943, Clark resigned his judgeship and became a full-time member of the United States Army, this time as part of World War II. This lasted until the war's conclusion in 1945. In 1949, Clark became the chief justice of the Allied Appeals Court in Nuremberg, Germany. He stayed in this position until 1954. He died three years later, on October 10, 1957.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Schleicher, William A. and Susan Winter. In the Somerset Hills: The Landed Gentry. Arcadia, 1997.

[edit] External links

  • Clark, William. Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved on June 4, 2005.
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