JOEL BENNETT CLARK  Clark

JOEL BENNETT CLARK

Clark, Joel Bennett (1890-1954) — also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., January 8, 1890. Son of James Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; son-in-law of Wilbur W. Marsh; married, October 5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Delta Sigma Rho; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., July 13, 1954. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Sources:
The Political Graveyard

Submitted by Deborah Crowell