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Clark (CHAMP an American Congressman)

CHAMP, an American Congressman; born in Anderson co., Ky., March 7, 1850. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and has been in practice since that date. In 1878-1881 he was city attorney of Louisiana, and Bowling Green, Mo., and in 1885-1889 prosecuting attorney of Pike co. He was always active in politics, having been presidential elector in 1880, and a delegate to several national conventions. In 1893 he was elected to the 53d Congress, and was returned to the 55th and all others to the 67th. In 1911 he was made speaker of the House of Representatives to succeed Joseph G. Cannon and served until 1919. He has served on several important committees, and was vice-president of the Trans-Mississippi Congress at Denver. At the Democratic National Convention, held in Baltimore in 1912, he led on 27 ballots for the Presidential nomination, but was eventually defeated by Woodrow Wilson. He died Mar. 3, 1921.