Chase Addison Clark was an attorney

Lawyer

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 and politician from Idaho. He served as the 18th Governor of Idaho from 1941 to 1943, and was a member of the Idaho Democratic Party

Idaho Democratic Party

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Clark was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in 1912 but left to fight in World War I. He returned to politics in the 1930s, serving in the Idaho State Senate

Idaho Senate

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 (1933–36) and as mayor of Idaho Falls

Idaho Falls, Idaho

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 (1937–38). He was elected governor in 1940, defeating the Republican incumbent, C. A. Bottolfsen

C. A. Bottolfsen

Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen was a politician from Idaho. He served as the 17th and 19th Governor of Idaho from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1943 to 1945. He was a member of the Idaho Republican Party....

. Bottolfsen defeated Clark to regain the governorship in 1942. The following year Clark was appointed as a judge in the U.S. District Court

United States District Court for the District of Idaho

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 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Clark was a member of a prominent Idaho political family. He was the younger brother of Barzilla Clark

Barzilla W. Clark

Barzilla Worth Clark was a politician from Idaho. He served as the 16th Governor of Idaho from 1937 to 1939, and was a member of the Idaho Democratic Party....

, who preceded him as governor, and the father-in-law of Frank Church

Frank Church

Frank Forrester Church III was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981....

, a four-term U.S. Senator. Clark's daughter, Bethine Clark Church, was active in Idaho Democratic politics as of 2006.
A nephew, D. Worth Clark

David Worth Clark

David Worth Clark aka D. Worth Clark was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing Idaho....

, also represented Idaho in Congress

United States Congress

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