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Who replaced Marshall upon his retirement from the Supreme Court in 1991?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Upon his retirement from the Supreme Court in 1991, Justice Thurgood Marshall was replaced by Clarence Thomas, a conservative justice who had previously served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Civil Rights in the Reagan administration.
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