John Hessin Clarke

John Hessin Clarke (born Sept. 18, 1857, New Lisbon, Ohio, U.S.—died March 22, 1945, San Diego, Calif.) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1916–22). Clarke was the son of John Clarke, a lawyer, and Melissa Hessin Clarke. He attended Western Reserve College (now Case Western University) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in 1877. After studying law under his father, Clarke opened a law practice in 1880 in Youngstown,...