James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850 – March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives for thirteen terms between 1893 and 1921 and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919.
Born in Kentucky, Clark established a law practice in Bowling Green, Missouri. After serving in local, county, and state office, he won election to the U.S. House in 1892, lost his seat in 1894, and won the seat back in 1896. He became the House Minority Leader in 1908 and was elevated to Speaker after Democrats took control of the House in the 1910 elections. He inadvertently helped defeat the Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty of 1911 by arguing that ratification of the treaty would lead to the incorporation of Canada into the United States.
Entering the 1912 Democratic National Convention, Clark had won the backing of a majority of the delegates, but lacked the necessary two-thirds majority to win the presidential nomination. After dozens of ballots, Woodrow Wilson emerged as the Democratic presidential nominee, and went on to win the 1912 presidential election. Clark helped Wilson pass much of his progressive agenda but opposed U.S. entry into World War I. In the 1918 midterm elections, Democrats lost their control of the House of Representatives, ending Clark's tenure as Speaker. The 1920 House elections saw the defeat of numerous Democrats, including Clark. He died the following March, two days before he would have left office.
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community of Champ, Audrain County, Missouri. The former Clark National Forest likewise was named after him. Clark married Genevieve Bennett Clark on December...
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presidential nomination on the 46th ballot, defeating Speaker of the House ChampClark and several other candidates with the support of William Jennings Bryan...
election. The primaries were inconclusive, with Speaker of the House ChampClark holding a lead over Woodrow Wilson, but neither candidate close to the...
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lanes. The old bridge carried only two lanes (similar to the upstream ChampClark Bridge). The bridge is sometimes referred to as the Super Bridge, and...
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Sufficient To Re-elect ChampClark As Speaker. Speaker Of The House And His Republican Opponent. Every Democrat Voted For Clark For Speakership: Four Republican...
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members refused to vote for him. However, the new Democratic floor leader, ChampClark, forced a roll-call vote on the usually uncontested vote to adopt the...
remove any incentive to maintain a good service record. Senator Bennett ChampClark, a sponsor of the bill, dismissed his concerns, calling them "some of...
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lecturers at Chautauqua events of various forms included U.S. Representative ChampClark, Missouri Governor Herbert S. Hadley, and Wisconsin Governor "Fighting...
began speaking. The custom has been used by leaders of both parties. ChampClark, the minority leader in 1909, spoke for five hours and fifteen minutes...
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Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, and Minority Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts. The floor leaders and whips of each party are elected...
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