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Line 1: − '''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. − − ==References== − *http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, James Beauchamp}} − − [[Category:United States Representatives]] − [[Category:Speakers of the House(US)]]
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