This article concerns a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Louisiana* Middle District of Louisiana...

. For Judge Charles Clark who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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 from 1939 to 1963, see Charles Edward Clark

Charles Edward Clark

Charles Edward Clark was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1939 to 1963. A native of Connecticut, Clark attended Yale College and Yale Law School...

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Charles Clark (September 12, 1925-March 6, 2011) was a federal judge

Federal judge

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 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Louisiana* Middle District of Louisiana...

 from Mississippi

Mississippi

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. He is, as of 2011, the highest ranking judicial official from Mississippi since L.Q.C. Lamar served on the United States Supreme Court in 1893.

Clark was born in Memphis, Tennessee

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 to Charles and Anita Clark. He entered the U.S. Naval Reserve as an ensign

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 in 1943 and left the Reserve after the end of World War II

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 three years later. He attended law school at Ole Miss, where he was a member of Delta Psi fraternity and met his future wife, Emily. He started the practice of law

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 in 1946 in Jackson, Mississippi

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. He continued in private practice for five years, picking up an LL.B.

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 from the University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi

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 in 1948, then rejoined the Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant as the Korean War

Korean War

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 heated up in 1951. He left the Naval Reserve the following year, and resumed his law practice in 1953.

On October 7, 1969, President

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 Richard M. Nixon nominated Clark to a seat on the Fifth Circuit. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 only eight days later on October 15, 1969 and received his commission two days later.

Clark was Chief Judge

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 of the Fifth Circuit from 1981 until his retirement from the court on January 15, 1992. He resided in Jackson, Mississippi with his wife Emily until his death on March 6, 2011. They have six children: Charles, Emily, John, James, Catherine, and Peter; and thirteen grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

He acquired an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Mississippi College and was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Law School of Ole Miss in the spring of 2009.

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