| LC control no. | n 86115000 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clark, Clarence D. (Clarence Don), 1851-1930 |
| Variant(s) | Clark, Clarence Don, 1851- |
| Birth date | 1851-04-16 |
| Death date | 1930-11-18 |
| Place of birth | Sandy Creek (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Evanston (Wyo.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from LOC, Mss. Div. for Van Devanter, W. Papers, 1884-1941 (Clarence D. Clark; Clarence Don Clark, 1851-1930) LC manual auth. cd. (Clark, Clarence Don, 1851-; usage: Clarence D. Clark) WWWA, 1943 (Clark, Clarence Don; 1851-1930; s. Oratia D. & Laura A. (King) C.; m. Alice Downs; US Sen., Wyo., 1895-1917; law practice in Iowa & Wyo.; res.: Evanston, Wyo.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed December 13, 2021 (Clark, Clarence Don, a Representative and a Senator from Wyoming; born in Sandy Creek, Oswego County, N.Y., April 16, 1851; attended the common schools and the University of Iowa at Iowa City; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1874; taught school and practiced law in Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, until 1881, when he moved to Evanston, Wyo., and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of Uinta County 1882-1884; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1889; upon the admission of Wyoming as a State into the Union was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress; reelected to the Fifty-second Congress (December 1, 1890, to March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1895 to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1893, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect; reelected in 1899, 1905, and again in 1911, and served from January 23, 1895, to March 3, 1917; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916; chairman, Committee on Railroads (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Judiciary (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-second Congresses), Committee on Geological Survey (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses); resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; appointed a member of the International Joint Commission created to adjust disputes between the United States and Canada in 1919, chairman 1923-1929; retired from active pursuits and resided in Evanston, Wyo., until his death on November 18, 1930; interment in the Masonic Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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