Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Clarence Thomas

Associate Justice

Sources checked October 13, 2026. Canonical page /leaders/thomas.

• Clarence Thomas is an Associate Justice. He took his seat on October 23, 1991.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• On October 15, 1991, the Senate confirmed Clarence Thomas, of Georgia, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, by 52 yeas and 48 nays. Vote number 220. Result: Nomination Confirmed.

  United States Senate. U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 102th Congress - 1st Session, Vote Number 220. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1021/vote_102_1_00220.htm. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• He attended Conception Seminary from 1967 to 1968 and received an A.B., cum laude, from the College of the Holy Cross in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He was an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri from 1974 to 1977, an attorney with the Monsanto Company from 1977 to 1979, and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth from 1979 to 1981. He was Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education from 1981 to 1982 and Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990. From 1990 to 1991 he was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.