- J. Bayard Clark
Jerome Bayard Clark (
April 5 ,1882 -August 26 ,1959 ) was a U.S. Representative fromNorth Carolina .Early life
Born on Phoebus Plantation near
Elizabethtown, North Carolina , Clark attendedDavidson College , and theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he studied law. Clark was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice inElizabethtown, North Carolina . From 1910-1920 Clark served as president of the Bank of Elizabethtown. Clark served in the State house of representatives in 1915.Clark then moved to
Fayetteville, North Carolina , in 1920 and continued the practice of law serving as member of the State Democratic committee 1909-1919 and, later, as member of the North Carolina State Judicial Conference 1924-1928.US Congress
Clark was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1929 -January 3 ,1949 ). Clark served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1 (Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses).Clark was not a candidate for renomination in 1948 and he resumed the practice of law.Clark died in
Fayetteville, North Carolina ,August 26 ,1959 and is interred in Cross Creek Cemetery No. 3.ource
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