Charles Clark | |
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
In office October 1, 1981 – January 15, 1992 | |
Preceded by | John Cooper Godbold |
Succeeded by | Henry Anthony Politz |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
In office October 17, 1969 – January 15, 1992 | |
Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Claude Feemster Clayton |
Succeeded by | James L. Dennis |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Clark September 12, 1925 Memphis, Tennessee |
Died | March 6, 2011 Madison, Mississippi | (aged 85)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Mississippi (LLB) |
Charles Clark (September 12, 1925 – March 6, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is, as of 2019, the highest ranking judicial official from Mississippi since Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II served on the United States Supreme Court in 1893.[1]