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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. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp | ||
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| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, James Beauchamp}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:United States Representatives]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Speakers of the House(US)]] | ||
Revision as of 01:53, February 29, 2008
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.
