David Worth Clark

David Worth Clark (2 April 1902 - 19 June 1955)) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing Idaho.

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2 April - 1902 - 19 June - 1955 - Democratic - United States House of Representatives - United States Senate - Idaho

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According to the Idaho State Historical Society, Clark was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho and attended the public schools there. In 1922 he graduated from University of Notre Dame. He then received a law degree from Harvard University and was admitted to the bar in 1925.

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Idaho Falls, Idaho - 1922 - University of Notre Dame - Harvard University - 1925

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He commenced practice in Pocatello, Idaho and became assistant attorney general of Idaho from 1933 to 1935.

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He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth congresses (January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1939).

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Clark did not seek renomination in 1938, instead seeking and winning a Senate seat that year, where he served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1945. He lost his re-election bid in 1944.

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After the loss, he resumed the practice of law in Boise, Idaho, and Washington, D.C.. Later he moved to Los Angeles, California in 1954. He held financial interests in radio stations in Van Nuys, California, San Francisco, California, Honolulu, and a bank in Las Vegas, Nevada. He died and was buried in the Los Angeles area.

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Boise, Idaho - Washington, D.C. - Los Angeles, California - 1954 - Van Nuys, California - San Francisco, California - Honolulu - Las Vegas, Nevada

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