Champ Clark
Politician
Wilson wins landslide victory, Nov. 5, 1912...be ending. A question remained, however, about who their nominee would be. The strongest aspirant appeared to be House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri, the favorite of William Randolph Hearst, the most powerful newspaper publisher of the... In this article: Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, GOP, Champ Clark, White House, Legal age, Progressivism, and Princeton University |
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
1912 Democratic National Convention
...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
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
United States presidential election, 1912
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
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Wikipedia | October 10, 2009
Champ Clark
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
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Wikipedia | September 26, 2009
Fred Dubois
...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...
In this article: Fred Thomas Dubois, Idaho, Republican Party, Idaho Legislature, Mormon, United States Senate, George L. Shoup, Bannock, and William Borah
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Wikipedia | September 02, 2009
William M. Treloar
...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
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Wikipedia | August 27, 2009
Champ Clark Bridge
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
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Wikipedia | August 26, 2009
Clarence Cannon
...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
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Wikipedia | June 26, 2009
Roger Sullivan
...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
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Huffington Post | March 05, 2008
Stephen Schlesinger: Obama and The Myth of Pledged Delegates
...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...
In this article: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Florida, Democratic Party, Michigan, and Democracy
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www.washingtonpost.com | February 02, 2008
The Lincoln Conspirator
...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
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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 President in 1912. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919.
Clark was born in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky to John Hampton Clark and Aletha Beauchamp. Through his mother he was the first cousin twice removed of the famous lawyer turned murderer Jereboam O. Beauchamp. He graduated from Bethany College (Bethany, West Virginia) and Cincinnati Law School and moved to Missouri in 1875, and opened a law practice the following year. He eventually settled in Bowling Green, Missouri, the county seat of Pike County, from where he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1892. After a surprise loss in 1894 to William M. Treloar, he regained the seat in 1896, and remained in the House until shortly before his death.
Clark ran for House Minority Leader in 1903, but was defeated by John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. After Williams ran for the Senate in 1908, Clark ran again for the position and won. When the Democrats won control of the House in 1911, Clark became Speaker.
- Birth Date:
- March 07, 1850
- Birthplace:
- Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
- Death Date:
- March 02, 1921
- Place of Death:
- Washington, D.C.
- University Attended:
- Occupation:
- Law
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Office:
- Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Title:
- 41st
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