IT Clark

Elias Stover Clark (born June 17, 1862 in Knox County , Maine , † March 10, 1955 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Elias Stover Clark, son of Ann Melissa Stover and Jonathan M. Clark, was born in Knox County, Maine in 1862. His childhood was overshadowed by the civil war. Nothing more is known about his youth. Clark moved to the Arizona Territory as a young man . In the following years he studied law with Edward M. Doe in Flagstaff ( Coconino County ). In 1879 he was elected District Attorney for Coconino County. He later moved to Prescott ( Yavapai County ). In 1903 he was elected District Attorney for Yavapai County - a post he held until 1905. The governor of Arizona Territory Joseph Henry Kibbey appointed him in 1905 as the new Attorney General of Arizona Territory. He held the post until 1909. Then he went back to his activity as a lawyer. In this context, he also tried cases in the United States Supreme Court . In January 1920, he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the election of the US Senate seat ( Class III. ) Of Arizona. In the following Republican primaries in September 1920, he suffered a defeat to his challenger Ralph H. Cameron , who was elected to the US Senate in the following elections in November 1920. Clark continued to work as a lawyer into old age.

family

Elias Stover Clark married Ida Coffin (1861–1925) in 1886, daughter of Sarah Brown Hammond (1838–1877) and George B. Coffin (1834–1901). The couple had three sons:

Neal Coffin Clark (born March 11, 1887 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) was 1920 County Attorney in Yavapai County.
Gordon Stover Clark (born February 7, 1888 in Flagstaff, Arizona Territory)
Homer Clark (born April 1897 in Arizona Territory)

literature

Elk Pay Tribute To Departed Brothers , Chronicling America, Dec. 17, 1909, p. 5
ES Clark Will Seek Senate Seat From GOP , The Coconino Sun, January 9, 1920, p. 3
Train-Stopping Lawyer Sets Precedent For Old Arizonans , Arizona Republic, February 10, 1952, p. 12

Web links

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Obituary of Elias S. Clark , Arizona Republic, March 11, 1955
^ Journals of the twenty-third Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona , Volume 23, 1905, p. 10
Jump up ↑ Jagodinsky, Katrina: Legal Codes and Talking Trees: Indigenous Women's Sovereignty in the Sonoran and Puget Sound Borderlands, 1854-1946 , Yale University Press, 2016, ISBN 9780300220810 , p. 197
^ Territory of Arizona Ex Rel. Gaines v. Copper Queen Consol. Min., (1914) , FindLaw
↑ Ida Coffin Clark in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 20, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Clark, IT
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clark, Elias Stover (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Knox County , Maine
DATE OF DEATH	March 10, 1955
Place of death	Phoenix , Arizona

[AR-1] A ^b Obituary of Elias S. Clark , Arizona Republic, March 11, 1955

[2] Journals of the twenty-third Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona , Volume 23, 1905, p. 10

[3] Jump up ↑ Jagodinsky, Katrina: Legal Codes and Talking Trees: Indigenous Women's Sovereignty in the Sonoran and Puget Sound Borderlands, 1854-1946 , Yale University Press, 2016, ISBN 9780300220810 , p. 197

[4] Territory of Arizona Ex Rel. Gaines v. Copper Queen Consol. Min., (1914) , FindLaw

[5] Ida Coffin Clark in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 20, 2016.