Reply #6: You were right the first time too... Nominated by Kennedy

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Born on Dec. 18, 1927, Clark received his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas and his law degree from the University of Chicago. After being admitted to the bar in 1951, Clark practiced law in Dallas. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy nominated Clark as assistant attorney general. Clark remained in the position until he was nominated deputy attorney general by President Johnson in 1965. After serving as attorney general from 1967 to 1969, Clark went into private practice and taught law.

http://www.npr.org/programs/npc/2003/030512.rclark.html

What a fascinating man!


Following law school, Mr. Clark headed back to Texas and
appeared, at least on the surface, to return to the path his father
and grandfathers had carved out before him. He married his
college sweetheart, Georgia Welch, and went to work for the
family's Dallas law firm. He stayed there for 10 years, specializing
in antitrust work, until, him an Assistant Attorney General in brother Robert Kennedy's
Justice Department.

Mr. Clark arrived in Washington as the Justice Department was
taking on a bigger role in enforcing civil rights.

He roved the South as part of Robert Kennedy's "riot squad" and
ultimately helped to draft the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965
Voting Rights Act.

"I went in '61, and because I was from Texas I could pass, so I was
used extensively in the South," he said. "I was in charge of
supervising the desegregation of all public schools in '62 in the
South. There were only five, but it was a big job-doing just one
of them was a big job. You had to worry about children being
beat up, their homes being firebombed. It seemed incredibly
important, exciting and a privilege to be involved in that."

His outspokenness and sharp positions-from his support of
civil rights to his opposition to wire-tapping and the death
penalty-ultimately earned him the nickname "the Preacher"
among his Justice Department colleagues.

"(Ramsey) Clark was liberal, though he was much more restrained
than he is today," recalled Nicholas Katzenbach, who worked
alongside Mr. Clark for some six years, first as Deputy Attorney
General and then as Attorney General. "Still, I think he was far
more liberal than his dad."


(snip)

This civil-libertarian streak didn't always go over well in the
Johnson cabinet, however. During his two years as Attorney
General, Mr. Clark found himself at odds with the administration
over everything from wire-tapping to prison reform to the
Vietnam War.


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http://www.bauaw.org/2005/01/bauaw-newsletter-thursday-jan-6-2005_06.html