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Clarence Don Clark United States Senator
from WyomingIn office
January 23, 1895 – March 4, 1917Preceded by Francis E. Warren Succeeded by John B. Kendrick Personal details Born April 16, 1851
Sandy Creek, New YorkDied November 18, 1930 (aged 79)
Evanston, WyomingPolitical party Republican Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851 – November 18, 1930) was a teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York who participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was one of that state's first congressmen.
Biography
He was born in Sandy Creek, New York and attended the University of Iowa at Iowa City. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He subsequently both was a teacher and practiced law in Manchester, Iowa. In 1881, he moved to Evanston, Wyoming and continued to practice law before becoming the county attorney of Uinta County, a job he held between 1882 and 1884.
In 1889, he began his political career as a delegate to the Wyoming constitutional convention. he subsequently ran for the United States House of Representatives and became one of the new state's first representatives. He remained in office two terms, from 1890 to 1893, before losing the 1892 election. He was elected as a United States Senator in a special election to fill a vacancy in 1895 and was re-elected to that seat three times and served until 1917.
After losing the election in 1916, he resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., but was appointed as a member of the International Joint Commission in 1919. He served as its chairman from 1923 until his retirement in 1929. After retirement, he moved back to Evanston, Wyoming until his death in 1930.
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Legal offices Preceded by
??County Attorney of Uinta County, Wyoming
1882—1884Succeeded by
??United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Joseph M. Carey
as Congressional DelegateMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wyoming
1890–1893Succeeded by
Henry A. CoffeenUnited States Senate Preceded by
Francis E. WarrenUnited States Senator (Class 1) from Wyoming
1895–1917
Served alongside: Joseph M. Carey, Francis E. WarrenSucceeded by
John B. KendrickPolitical offices Preceded by
Orville H. PlattChairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
1905–1912Succeeded by
Charles Allen CulbersonPreceded by
??Chairman of the International Joint Commission
1923–1929Succeeded by
??United States Senators from Wyoming Class 1 Class 2 Members of the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming At-large Delegates (1869–1890) At-large Representatives
(1890-present)Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chase • Crittenden • Burrill • Smith • Van Buren • Berrien • Rowan • Marcy • Wilkins • Clayton • Grundy • Wall • Berrien • Ashley • Butler • Bayard • Trumbull • Edmunds • Thurman • Edmunds • Hoar • Pugh • Hoar • Platt • Clark • Culberson • Nelson • Brandegee • Cummins • Norris • Ashurst • Van Nuys • McCarran • Wiley • McCarran • Langer • Kilgore • Eastland • Kennedy • Thurmond • Biden • Hatch • Leahy • Hatch • Leahy • Hatch • Specter • LeahyCategories:- United States Senators from Wyoming
- People from Oswego County, New York
- Iowa lawyers
- Wyoming lawyers
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming
- 1851 births
- 1930 deaths
- University of Iowa College of Law alumni
- Washington, D.C. lawyers
- Republican Party United States Senators
- Wyoming Republicans
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