Background
Clark, Samuel Wesley was born on December 28, 1872 in Platteville. Wisconsin. Son of Samuel P. and Lizzie D. (Huntington) Clark.
Clark, Samuel Wesley was born on December 28, 1872 in Platteville. Wisconsin. Son of Samuel P. and Lizzie D. (Huntington) Clark.
Graduate normal course Redfield College, 1894. Studied law in office of Senator Thomas Sterling, Redfield.
Member firm Sterling & Clark, Redfield. State's attorney, Spink County, South Doctorate., 1900-1904. Attorney general of South Dakot, 1906-1910.
United States district attorney District of South Dakot, 1921-1926.
Established constitutionality of anti-discrimination laws in case of State of South Dakot versus Central Lumber Company, 1912.
Member firm Sterling & Clark, Redfield. Member American, South Dakot State (president 1929-1930) bar associations. Mason, Kiwanian.
Married Daisy G. Labrie, February 7, 1900 (died November 26, 1915). Married second, Essie Eggler, August 14, 1919. Children: Sterling H. and Stanton L. (twins), Elmer Alfred.