Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890–July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a United States Senator from Missouri from 1932 to 1945. Image File history File links Bennett Clark (1890-1954) United States Senator from Missouri, 1933-1945. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state in the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The son of Champ Clark, a prominent Democratic Party leader of the early 20th century, Bennett Clark was born in Bowling Green, Missouri. After graduating the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1912, he earned his law degree at George Washington University. He became parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1917. After serving as a colonel in the United States Army during World War I, Clark began practing law. James Beauchamp Clark, 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. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Bowling Green is a city located in Pike County, Missouri. ... The University of Missouri System is one of two public state university systems in the state of Missouri. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... The George Washington University (GWU) is a private university in Washington, D.C., founded in 1821 as The Columbian College. ... A parliamentarian is a specialist in parliamentary procedure. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...

In the 1932 election, Clark was elected to the United States Senate. Clark entered the senate after Senator Harry B. Hawes resigned on February 3, 1933, a month before his term was to end. Clark was re-elected in the 1938 election, but lost his bid for renomination in the 1944 election. Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue The U.S. Senate election, 1932 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelts crushing defeat of incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Harry B. Hawes Harry Bartow Hawes (November 15, 1869-July 31, 1947) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House and Senate from Missouri. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue The U.S. Senate election, 1938 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of Franklin Delano Roosevelts second term. ... Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue The U.S. Senate election, 1944 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the reelection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his fourth term as President. ...

Clark was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1945 until he died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on July 13, 1954. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. district court in Washington, DC. Appeals from the D.C. Circuit, as with all the U.S. Courts of Appeals, are heard... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gloucester is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arlington Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lees home. ...

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• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Harry B. Hawes Harry Bartow Hawes (November 15, 1869-July 31, 1947) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House and Senate from Missouri. ... Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Forrest C. Donnell (August 20, 1884–March 3, 1980) was a United States Senator and a Governor of Missouri. ...