Question: How many Texans have served on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer: Two. Tom C. Clark was born in Dallas in 1899 and was appointed to the Court by President Truman in 1949. He retired in 1967 after President Johnson appointed his son, Ramsey Clark, as attorney general. Sandra Day O’Connor was born in El Paso in 1930 and appointed to the Court by President Reagan in 1981, becoming the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. She retired in 2006.
