Clarence Thomas

CTL-E-6216 · Person · politician · Born 1948; Supreme Court service 1991–present

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Combined Graph record U-07411 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6216.

Clarence Thomas is an American jurist who has served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court since October 23, 1991. He was born June 23, 1948, in the Pin Point community near Savannah, Georgia, and was raised in a poor family. He received an A.B., cum laude, from Holy Cross College and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. Admitted to practice in Missouri that year, he served as an assistant attorney general of Missouri from 1974 to 1977, as an attorney with the Monsanto Company from 1977 to 1979, and as a legislative assistant to Senator John Danforth from 1979 to 1981. He then served as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education in 1981–82 and as chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990. In 1990 he became a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. President George H. W. Bush nominated him to the Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall; after reopened hearings on allegations by Anita Hill, the Senate confirmed him 52 to 48.

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Relationships

• Thurgood Marshall — related to
  President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to the Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall (Columbia Encyclopedia).

Sources

• Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Thomas, Clarence, via FactMonster (Columbia University Press, copyright 2025) (accessed 2026-10-16) — born 1948, Pin Point (Savannah), Georgia; raised in a poor family; Yale Law School graduate 1974; chaired the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1982-90; appointed to the DC Circuit in 1990; nominated by President George H. W. Bush in July 1991 to replace Thurgood Marshall; Anita Hill allegations examined in reopened hearings; confirmed by Senate vote of 52 to 48; described in the present tense as associate justice (1991-) in the 2025 edition — https://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/people/history/supreme-court/thomas-clarence (primary source · build store)
• University of Notre Dame Law School, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas Visits NDLS (accessed 2026-10-16) — born in the Pin Point community near Savannah, Georgia, on June 23, 1948; A.B. cum laude from Holy Cross College; J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974; assistant attorney general of Missouri 1974-1977; Monsanto attorney 1977-1979; legislative assistant to Senator John Danforth 1979-1981; assistant secretary for civil rights 1981-1982; EEOC chairman 1982-1990; DC Circuit judge from 1990; nominated by President Bush and took his Supreme Court seat October 23, 1991 — https://law.nd.edu/news-events/news/u-s-supreme-court-associate-justice-clarence-thomas-visits-ndls/ (build store)

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