Frank Clark (politician)

Frank Clark

Frank Clark (born March 28, 1860 in Eufaula , Alabama , †  April 14, 1936 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1925 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Clark attended public schools in Alabama and Georgia . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1881, he began to work in Newnan in his new profession. In 1884 he moved to Polk County , Florida. In 1885 and 1886 he acted as the legal representative of the city of Bartow .

Politically, Clark was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1889 and 1891 and again in 1899 he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives . From 1893 he was first deputy and from 1894 to 1897 chief responsible federal attorney for the southern district of the state of Florida. In 1895 he moved to Jacksonville , where he later practiced as a lawyer again. In 1900, Clark was chairman of the Florida Democrats. In 1920 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco , where James M. Cox was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1904 , Clark was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second constituency of Florida, where he succeeded Robert Wyche Davis on March 4, 1905 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1925. During this period, the First World War and the adoption of the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution fell . From 1913 to 1919, Clark was chairman of the committee that dealt with state properties.

In 1924 Frank Clark was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer in Miami . Between 1928 and 1930 he was a member of the Federal Customs Commission ( United States Tariff Commission ). He then practiced as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington. From November 1933 until his death on April 14, 1936, he was a tax attorney at the US Treasury Department . Clark was also known as an advocate of racial segregation.

Web links

• Frank Clark in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank Clark in the database of Find a Grave (English)