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'''James Beauchamp Clark''' (a.k.a. "Champ"), (father of Joel Bennett Clark), 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 Fifty-fourth Congress; elected to the Fifty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death; [[minority leader]] (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses), minority leader (Sixty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh 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.  

'''James Beauchamp Clark''' (a.k.a. "Champ"), (father of Joel Bennett Clark), 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 Fifty-fourth Congress

* Elected to the Fifty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death

* [[minority leader]] (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses), [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses), minority leader (Sixty-sixth Congress)

* Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh 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.  

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