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Senate Years of Service: 1957-1969 Party: Democrat
CLARK, Joseph Sill, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 21,
1901; attended Chestnut Hill Academy; graduated from Middlesex School in 1919,
Harvard University in 1923, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in
1926; admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced the practice of law in
Philadelphia, Pa.; during the Second World War served with the United States
Army Air Corps 1941-1945, attaining the rank of colonel; city controller of
Philadelphia 1950-1952; mayor of Philadelphia 1952-1956; member of board of
overseers, Harvard University 1953-1958; elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate in 1956; reelected in 1962 and served from January 3, 1957, to
January 3, 1969; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1968; professor,
Temple University 1969; president, World Federalists, U.S.A., 1969-1971; was a
resident of Philadelphia, Pa., until his death, January 12, 1990; remains were
cremated.
BibliographyScribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; Clark,
Joseph S.
The Senate Establishment. New York: Hill and Wang, 1963;
Clark, Joseph S.
Congress: The Sapless Branch. New York: Harper and Row, 1964.
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