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James Orville Clark
c. 1949
President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
In office
January 1952 – January 1956
Preceded byOscar O. Wolfe
Succeeded byEarl 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(1910-08-02)August 2, 1910
Belmont, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 1971(1971-11-17) (aged 61)
Tishomingo County, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

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 and Mississippi Senate.

Biography

James Orville Clark was born on August 2, 1910, in Belmont, Mississippi. He was a lawyer. He represented Tishomingo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1940 to 1944. He then served in the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 37th District, from 1948 to 1956. At the start of the 1952 session, Clark was elected to be the senate's president pro tempore for the 1952–1956 term. In 1955, Clark unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for the office of lieutenant governor of Mississippi. On the night of November 17, 1971, Clark and three others were killed in a twin-engine airplane crash near Iuka, Mississippi.

References

  1. ^ "Mississippi Official and Statistical Register". Secretary of State. October 27, 1949 – via Google Books.
  2. "Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112116989598 and Others". October 27, 2013 – via Google Books.
  3. "Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112116989598 and Others". 2013.
  4. ^ Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1952). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1952]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  5. Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1940). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1940]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  6. "In The Senate". Clarion-Ledger. January 9, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  7. "J. O. Clark". The Star-Herald. May 26, 1955. p. 9. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  8. ^ "Obituary for J.O. Clark". Hattiesburg American. November 19, 1971. p. 2. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
Presidents pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
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