Clark Howell (September 21, 1863 – November 14, 1936) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American newspaper man and politician from the state of Georgia. is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...

Howell was born into an important Atlanta family; during the American Civil War his mother was in South Carolina while his father, Captain Evan Howell, served in the infantry. Clark Howell attended the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Societyas well as an early member of the Gamma chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree in 1883.^[1] Directly after he moved to New York City and began working as a reporter for the New York Times then worked as the night telegraph editor of the Philadelphia Press. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude... Evan P. Howell Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. ... Phi Kappa Hall circa 1933 For other uses, see Phi Kappa. ... Gamma (uppercase Γ, lowercase γ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. ... The Kappa Alpha Order (KA) is a secret collegiate Order of Knights. ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... The Philadelphia Press (The Press) was published from August 1, 1857 to October 1, 1920. ...

In 1884 he returned to Atlanta and worked as a reporter at the Atlanta Constitution where his father was editor-in-chief and a principal stock holder. After managing editor Henry W. Grady died in 1889, the younger Howell took over that position. He eventually succeeded his father as editor-in-chief in 1897 upon the elder Howell's retirement. In 1901, Clark Howell purchased controlling shares in the Constitution to become its new owner.^[2] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper of Atlanta and metro Atlanta. ... Portrait of Henry Grady Henry Woodfin Grady (May 17, 1851 – December 23, 1889) was a journalist and orator who helped reintegrate the states of the former Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War. ...

Starting in 1886, Howell was elected to three terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and served as speaker for one term. In 1900, he was elected one of the original directors of the Associated Press, a position he maintained the rest of his life. Also in 1900 he was elected to the Georgia Senate where he served consecutive two-years terms and was the President of that body during the latter term.^[1] Following that he was defeated in the contentious 1906 Democratic Georgia gubernatorial race won by Hoke Smith, owner of the rival Atlanta Journal newspaper. The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the General Assembly (the state legislature) of Georgia. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Seal of the Georgia Senate The Georgia Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature of Georgia). ... This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia. ... Michael Hoke Smith (September 2, 1855 – November 27, 1931) was a newspaper owner, United States Secretary of the Interior (1893-1896), Democratic Governor of Georgia (1907-1909,1911), and a United States Senator (1911-1920) from Georgia. ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper of Atlanta and metro Atlanta. ...

Even though Howell was a life-long Democrat, President Warren G. Harding placed him on a special mining commission in 1922 and ten years later President Hoover appointed him to a national transportation commission. Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the twenty-ninth President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ...

Howell won the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for his series exposing the Atlanta graft ring which led to six indictments and the downfall of Mayor I.N. Ragsdale's political career. In 1934, President Roosevelt named to a commission in the wake of the Air Mail Scandal and appointed him chairman of the commission to study aviation in foreign countries. The French government made him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1935. The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1931. ... The Atlanta graft ring was a corruption scandal that erupted in 1930 thatresulted in 26 indictments and earned a Pulitzer Prize for the Atlanta Constitution in 1931. ... Isaac Newton Ragsdale (1859–1937) came to Atlanta in 1880 from Dallas, Georgia. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), often referred to as FDR, was the 32nd (1933–1945) President of the United States. ... The Air Mail Scandal is the name that the American press of the 1930s gave to the results of a meeting (the so-called Spoils Conference) of Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown and the executives of the top airlines, effectively dividing among them the air mail routes, and to the... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ...

He served as Georgia's state Democratic committeeman from 1896 to 1924 and again starting in June 1936 where he succeeded Governor Eugene Talmadge.^[3] Eugene Talmadge (September 23, 1884 – December 21, 1946) was a United States Democratic Party politician who served as governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1933 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. ...

Clark Howell founded WGST (Georgia School of Technology) as a gift to the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1922. Operating as a commercial station with educational opportunities for students, the radio station was officially owned by the Board of Regents. After several lawsuits, the station was sold to a private corporation in 1974. The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, is a public, coeducational research university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia, Metz, France and Singapore. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Board of governors is usually the governing board of a public entity. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

When he died he was the president and editor of the Atlanta Constitution and a director of the Associated Press.

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