LC control no. | n 2009163459 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Clarke, James P. (James Paul), 1854-1916 |
See also | Arkansas. Governor (1895-1896 : Clarke) |
Birth date | 1854-08-18 |
Death date | 1916-10-01 |
Place of birth | Yazoo City (Miss.) |
Place of death | Little Rock (Ark.) |
Affiliation | University of Virginia. Department of Law Arkansas. General Assembly. House of Representatives Arkansas. General Assembly. Senate Arkansas. Office of the Attorney General United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Governors Attorneys general |
Found in | NUCMC data from Arkansas History Commission for His Letter, 1901 (James P. Clarke) LC database, Aug. 25, 2009 (old cat. hdg: Clarke, James P., 1854-1916) Online bio. dir. of U.S. Congress, viewed Aug. 25, 2009 (Clarke, James Paul; lawyer, Arkansas state legislator, attorney general of Arkansas (1892-1894), state governor (1895-1896), and U.S. senator (1903-1916); b. Yazoo City, Miss., Aug. 18, 1854; d. Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 1, 1916) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, October 15, 2015 (Clarke, James Paul, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Miss., August 18, 1854; attended the public schools and Professor Tutwilder's Academy, Greenbrier, Ala.; graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1878; admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Helena, Phillips County, Ark.; member, State house of representatives 1886-1888; member, State senate 1888-1892, serving as president in 1891 and ex officio lieutenant governor; attorney general of Arkansas 1892-1894; declined to be a candidate for renomination; Governor of Arkansas 1895-1896; moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 1897 and resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1903; reelected in 1909 and again in 1915 and served from March 4, 1903, until his death on October 1, 1916; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses; chairman, Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers (Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses); died in Little Rock, Ark.; interment in Oakland Cemetery.) |
Associated language | eng |