Bennett Champ Clark
Bennett Champ Clark was born in Bowling Green, Missouri, United States on January 8th, 1890 and is the American Politician. At the age of 64, Bennett Champ Clark biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Clark was born into a political family; his father was Champ Clark, who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. His mother was Genevieve Davis (Bennett) Clark. Clark's sister, Genevieve Clark Thomson was also active in politics as a women's suffrage activist.
Clark was born in Bowling Green, Missouri, and was raised and educated in Bowling Green and Washington, D.C. He was a graduate of Washington, D.C.'s Eastern High School. Clark graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1914, he graduated from the George Washington University Law School with a Bachelor of Laws. In addition to Phi Beta Kappa, Clark's other academic affiliations included Order of the Coif, Delta Sigma Rho, Delta Tau Delta, and Phi Delta Phi.
Clark became parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives in 1913, while still in law school. He served until 1917, when he resigned in order to join the United States Army for World War I. In 1916, he was chosen to serve as parliamentarian of that year's Democratic National Convention.
Continued career
In 1919, Clark began practicing law in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1920s he researched and authored a biography of John Quincy Adams, and was active in politics as a campaign speaker for Democratic candidates in Missouri. In 1928 he considered running for the United States Senate seat of the retiring James A. Reed, but decided not to make the race.
Clark was a delegate to the 1928 Democratic National Convention. He served again as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1936. He was a delegate again in 1940, and served as a delegate to the party's national convention in 1944. In 1944, Clark made the speech nominating Harry S. Truman for vice president.