Background
Clark, Clarence Don was born on April 16, 1851 in Sandy Creek, Oswego Company, New York, United States. Son of Oratia D. and Laura A. (King) Clark.
Clark, Clarence Don was born on April 16, 1851 in Sandy Creek, Oswego Company, New York, United States. Son of Oratia D. and Laura A. (King) Clark.
Education common schools and Iowa State University. Admitted to bar, 1874. Taught school.
In practice, Delaware Company, Iowa, 1874-1881, Evanston, Wyoming, since 1881. Prosecuting attorney, Uinta Company, Wyoming, 1882-1886. Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming, Ty., 1889, but declined.
Member 51st and 52d Congresses (1889-1893).
United States senator, 1895-1899, to fill vacancy caused by failure of legislature to electrical Reëlected for terms, 1899-1905, 1905-1911, 1911-1917.
Chairman Committee on Judiciary and member Committee on Finance, Public Lands, Railroads, et cetera Appointed member International Joint Commission, July 1919, retired, May 1929.
Home: Evanston, Wyoming
Member 51st and 52d Congresses (1889-1893). Member Committee on Finance, Public Lands, Railroads, et cetera Member International
Married Alice Downs, August 6, 1874. Children: George Laurance (deceased), Laura Alice, Margaret Helen, Frances Dorothy (deceased).