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Bennett Champ Clark

Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1945

Bennett Champ Clark , Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was a leading isolationist in foreign policy.

Education

  • University of MissouriB.A., 1913
  • George Washington University Law SchoolLL.B., 1914

Career

Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives, 1913-1917; U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, 1917-1919; Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1919-1932; U.S. senator from Missouri, 1933-1945

Biography

Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was a leading isolationist in foreign policy.

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