James Orville Clark
James Orville Clark | |
|---|---|
 c. 1949 | |
| President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate | |
| In office January 1952 – January 1956 | |
| Preceded by | Oscar O. Wolfe |
| Succeeded by | Earl Evans Jr. |
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 37th district | |
| In office January 1948 – January 1956 | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Tishomingo County district | |
| In office January 1940 – January 1944 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 2, 1910 Belmont, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | November 17, 1971 (aged 61) Tishomingo County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
James Orville "Click" Clark (August 2, 1910 - November 17, 1971) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives[1] and Mississippi Senate.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]James Orville Clark was born on August 2, 1910, in Belmont, Mississippi.[4] He was a lawyer.[4] He represented Tishomingo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1940 to 1944.[1][5] He then served in the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 37th District, from 1948 to 1956.[4] At the start of the 1952 session, Clark was elected to be the senate's president pro tempore for the 1952–1956 term.[6] In 1955, Clark unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for the office of lieutenant governor of Mississippi.[7][8] On the night of November 17, 1971, Clark and three others were killed in a twin-engine airplane crash near Iuka, Mississippi.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mississippi Official and Statistical Register". Secretary of State. October 27, 1949 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112116989598 and Others". October 27, 2013 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112116989598 and Others". 2013.
- ^ a b c Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1952). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1952]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
- ^ Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1940). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1940]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
- ^ "In The Senate". Clarion-Ledger. January 9, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "J. O. Clark". The Star-Herald. May 26, 1955. p. 9. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ a b "Obituary for J.O. Clark". Hattiesburg American. November 19, 1971. p. 2. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- 1910 births
- 1971 deaths
- People from Iuka, Mississippi
- Democratic Party Mississippi state senators
- Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- Mississippi lawyers
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
- Presidents pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1971