David Worth Clark

David Worth Clark ( born April 2, 1902 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, † June 19, 1955 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American politician.

Biography

Early life

David W. Clark grew up as the only son of David Worth and Nellie Clark in Bonneville County, where he attended the compulsory school. He graduated in 1922 from the University of Notre Dame and received three years later, in 1925, his law degree at Harvard University. In the same year he opened in Pocatello ( Idaho) a law firm.

1933 Clark was appointed Deputy Attorney General of Idaho, a position which he held until 1935.

Political career

1935 Clark was a candidate for the Democrats successfully for a seat in the U.S. Congress. He held office for four years, from 3 January 1935 to 3 January 1939.

In 1938, Clark announced his candidacy for the office of U.S. Senator known and won the election in the autumn of the same year. Clark officiated a legislature, to January 3, 1945 a re-election attempt in autumn 1944 was unsuccessful.

Late life

1950 Clark ran again as a senator, but was defeated his Republican challenger Herman Welker. He then retired to private life and practiced as a lawyer continues, first in Boise and later in Washington.

In addition, Clark operated as a businessman who invested in Van Nuys and San Francisco ( California ) and Honolulu (Hawaii) in the construction of three radio stations. Also received a part of its assets in the structure of a bank in Las Vegas. In November 1954 Clark moved with his wife Virgil, with whom he was married in 1926, to Los Angeles. Here he died, only seven months later, at the age of 53 years.