Joseph S. Clark

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Joseph S. Clark

Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. (born October 21, 1901 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † January 12, 1990 there ) was an American politician . Between 1957 and 1969 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US Senate . His father was the tennis player Joseph S. Clark senior .

Career

Joseph Clark first attended the Chestnut Hill Academy . In 1919 he graduated from Middlesex School . He then studied at Harvard University until 1923 . After completing a law degree at the University of Pennsylvania and being admitted to the bar in 1926, he began working in his new profession in Philadelphia. Politically he belonged to the Republican Party until 1928 . Then he switched to the Democrats . Between 1941 and 1945 he served in the American Air Force during World War II . He made it to the colonel. He was deployed in the Asian theater of war.

From 1950 to 1952 Joseph Clark held the office of Comptroller in his hometown. Between 1952 and 1956 he was mayor of Philadelphia. During this time, he fought corruption in the city police and hired some African-American people in the city government, which was not common in the United States at the time. In the elections of 1956 Clark was elected as his party's candidate to the US Senate, where he succeeded James H. Duff on January 3, 1957 , whom he had defeated in the election. After being re-elected, he was able to complete two six-year terms in the Senate between January 3, 1957 and January 3, 1969. During this time, among other things, the beginning of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement fell . In 1968 Clark lost to Richard Schweiker .

In 1965, Clark was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Since 1976 he was a member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1969 he became a professor at Temple University . From 1969 to 1971 he was also President of the World Federalists . Joseph Clark died in Philadelphia on January 12, 1990.

Web links

  • Joseph S. Clark in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member History: Joseph S. Clark. American Philosophical Society, accessed June 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Clark, Joseph S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clark, Joseph Sill Junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1990
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania