Background
Clark, Charles Edward was born on December 9, 1889 in Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States. Son of Samuel Orman and Pauline C. (Marquard) Clark.
Clark, Charles Edward was born on December 9, 1889 in Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States. Son of Samuel Orman and Pauline C. (Marquard) Clark.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1911, Bachelor of Laws, 1913, honorary Master of Arts, 1923. Doctor of Laws, University of Colorado, 1934. Gettysburg College, 1935, Tulane University, 1935, Syracuse University, 1954, University of Chicago, 1960, Yale University, 1962.
He received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale College in 1911 and an Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1913. He was a professor of law at Yale Law School from 1919 to 1929, and was then a Sterling Professor of Law and Dean of Yale Law School from 1929 to 1939. He also served as a deputy judge for the Hamden Town Court in Hamden, Connecticut from 1927 to 1931.
He was a special assistant United States. attorney general of Antitrust Division, United States. Department of Justice in 1938.
He was a Visiting lecturer in law, Yale University from 1951 to 1963. On January 5, 1939, Clark was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit created by 52 Statistics
584. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1939, and received his commission on March 9, 1939.
Clark served on the Second Circuit until his death in 1963, in Hamden, Connecticut. This included service as Chief Judge from 1954 to 1959.
The Second Circuit during Clark"s tenure was widely considered one of the best appellate courts in the country, including Judges Learned Hand, Augustus Hand and Jerome Frank. Before taking the bench, Clark served as chief drafter of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which were adopted in 1938.
During his years as a judge, Clark often was regarded as an expert on the Rules but sometimes quarrelled with the other judges on his court (most especially Jerome Frank), both behind the scenes and in his opinions, on the disposition of procedural issues.
Clark also continued to teach as a visiting lecturer in law at Yale University, from 1951 to 1963. Clark"s extensive papers are archived at Yale University and open to researchers.
Member of the Connecticut General Assembly, 1917-1918, Connecticut Judicial Council, 1929-1931. Member, reporter advising committee of Supreme Court of the United States Court on Federal Civil Procedure, 1935-1956. Member Legislative Commision on Jails (Connecticut), 1931-1939.
Member Executive Committee Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt Library, 1938-1940.
Fellow Institute Judicial Administration (president since 1962). Member American and other federal, state and local bar associations, Association American Law Schools (president 1933), American Judicature Society (director 1929-1960, vice president 1936), Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif.
Clubs: Graduate, Lawn, Country (New Haven).
Married Dorothy East. Gregory, October 9, 1915. Children: Sarah Ann Hall, Elias.
