James Beauchamp Clark
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James Beauchamp Clark (a.k.a. "Champ"), (father of Joel Bennett Clark) was the Speaker of the House from 1911-1919, preceding Frederick Gillet and succeeding Joe Cannon. He was a Representative from Missouri; born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky., March 7, 1850.
- Attended the common schools and Kentucky University at Lexington
- Was graduated from Bethany (W.Va.) College in 1873 and from Cincinnati Law School in 1875
- President of Marshall College, Huntington, W.Va., in 1873 and 1874
- Admitted to the bar in 1875
- Edited a country newspaper and practiced law
- Moved to Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo., in 1876
- city attorney of Louisiana, Mo., and Bowling Green, Mo., 1878-1881
- Deputy prosecuting attorney and prosecuting attorney of Pike County 1885-1889
- Member of the State house of representatives in 1889 and 1891
- Delegate to the Trans-Mississippi Congress at Denver in May 1891
- Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895)
- Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the 54th Congress
- Elected to the 55th and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death
- minority leader (60th and 62st Congresses), Speaker of the House of Representatives (62nd through 65th Congresses), minority leader (66th Congress)
- Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the 67th Congress
- Chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1904
- Died in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 1921; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives
- Interment in City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
