John H(essin) Clarke

Judge, born in New Lisbon, Ohio, USA. He was appointed to the federal district court (1914–16) and to the US Supreme Court (1916–22) by President Wilson. A renowned peacemaker, he stepped down from the bench in 1922 to campaign, albeit unsuccessfully, for the League of Nations.

John Hessin Clarke (September 18, 1857 – March 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1916 to 1922. In 1914, Clarke was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President Woodrow Wilson, who then elevated Clarke to the Supreme Court two years later after Charles Evans Hughes resigned to accept the Republican nomination for President.