Champ Clark

...Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. The primary candidates were House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. Clark entered the contest with a majority...

In this article: 1912 Democratic National Convention, Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan, New Jersey, Ollie M. James, Thomas R. Marshall, Alton B. Parker, Baltimore, and New York

It proved to be one of the more memorable presidential conventions of the twentieth century. Initially, the frontrunner appeared to be Champ Clark of Missouri, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Clark did receive a majority of...

In this article: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Republican Party, Eugene Debs, William Jennings Bryan, Democratic Party, Progressives, and Progressive Party

James Beauchamp Clark best known as Champ Clark (March 7, 1850 - March 2, 1921) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s until his death, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for...

In this article: Woodrow Wilson, Federal Reserve Act, United States House of Representatives, John Sharp Williams, Missouri, Joel Bennett Clark, William M. Treloar, Allegation, and Cincinnati Law School

...lived the rest of his life in Washington, D.C. He made attempts at writing and business, which largely failed. He supported Champ Clark for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912, but after Clark's defeat he worked for the Woodrow...

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...in 1894, serving as a delegate to the Republican state convention and running for Congress against Democratic Congressman Champ Clark, whom he beat during the year of a Republican landslide . Treloar was said to have been the fifth...

In this article: William M. Treloar, Missouri, Linden, Wisconsin, Mexico, Missouri, St. Louis, Iowa Wesleyan College, and Kansas City

The Champ Clark Bridge is a five-span truss bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Louisiana, Missouri with the state of Illinois. It carries U.S. Route 54 northeast to Pittsfield, Illinois, where U.S. 54 terminates. The bridge is...

In this article: Champ Clark Bridge, James Beauchamp Clark, Mississippi River, Illinois, Silver, Bowling Green, Missouri, Pittsfield, and Louisiana, Missouri

...for county school superintendent and state representative, ended in defeat. His political fortunes changed after his congressman, Champ Clark, hired him as a confidential secretary in 1911. When Democrats elected Clark Speaker of the House...

In this article: Clarence Andrew Cannon, House of Representatives, Missouri, University of Missouri, Stephens College, Washington, D.C., and John Taber

...the nomination to Woodrow Wilson at the party's convention in Baltimore. He switched the votes of the Illinois delegation from Champ Clark of Missouri to Wilson on the 43rd ballot. He remained loyal to Clark, who won the state's primary by...

In this article: Illinois, Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan, Chicago, and Baltimore

...is belied by the modern-day history of Democratic conventions. In 1912, the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Champ Clark, went to the Baltimore convention with the largest number of delegates, around 440, Woodrow Wilson...

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...loneliness." He then made a stirring plea to put the memorial to Lincoln alongside his fallen troops in Arlington. House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri sat quietly. When it was his turn to speak, he stretched his long legs under the table...

In this article: Joe Cannon, Charles McKim, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln, House, and William Howard Taft