
Clark, Walter
1903 - 19 May 1924
Born:Â 19 Aug 1846, Prospect Hill Plantation,
Halifax Co., NC
Halifax Co., NC
Died:Â 1924
Buried:Â Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
Education:Â Belmont School,
Tew’s Military Academy,
Tew’s Military Academy,
    UNC,
    Columbia Law School
Read Law:
Admitted:Â 1867
App’t to Superior Ct: 15 Apr 1885
App’t to Supreme Ct: 16 Nov 1889
Elected to Supreme Ct: 1890, 1910, 1918
Elected Chief Justice:Â 1903
Re-elected:Â 1910, 1918
Died in office: 19 May 1924
Preceded by:
Associate Justice:Â Augustus Merrimon
Chief Justice:Â David Furches
Succeeded by:
Associate Justice:Â Platt Walker
Chief Justice:Â William A. Hoke
Number of Opinions:
2600 Majority
302 Dissenting
145 Concurring
3047 Total