John Hessin Clarke (September 18, 1857 – March 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1922.
John Hessin Clarke
Supreme Court of the United States
Born 1857 in New Lisbon, OH
Died 1945 in San Diego, CA
FJC ID: 446
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 182/year
Ohio Northern District Court · 1914–1916Supreme Court of the United States · 1916–1922
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio1897–1913
- Private practice, Youngstown, Ohio1880–1897
- Private practice, New Lisbon, Ohio1878–1880
Appointments
1916–1922 · Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
1914–1916 · Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Read law1878
- Western Reserve College (now Case Western Reserve University)A.B. · 1877