David Worth Clark aka D. Worth Clark (April 2, 1902 June 19, 1955) was a Democratic

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 member of the United States House of Representatives

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 and the United States Senate

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 representing Idaho

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.

According to the Idaho State Historical Society, Clark attended public schools in Idaho Falls. In 1922 he graduated from the University of Notre Dame

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. He then received a law degree from Harvard University

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 and was admitted to the bar in 1925. Clark commenced practice in Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho

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 and became assistant attorney general of Idaho, serving from 1933 to 1935.

Clark was a member of a prominent Idaho political family. His uncles Barzilla W. 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....

 and Chase A. Clark

Chase A. Clark

Chase Addison Clark was an attorney 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....

 both served as governor of Idaho. His cousin Bethine, Chase Clark's daughter, married future U.S. Senator Frank Church

Frank Church

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 in 1947.

D. Worth Clark was elected to the United States House of Representatives

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 from the Second Congressional District

Idaho's 2nd congressional district

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 of Idaho in 1934. The seat had been vacant for several months, since the death of Thomas C. Coffin

Thomas C. Coffin

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 in June of that year. Clark was reelected in 1936.

In 1938 Clark ran for the United States Senate

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, defeating the incumbent, James P. Pope

James P. Pope

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, in the Democratic primary and Republican Donald A. Callahan

Donald A. Callahan

Donald A. Callahan was a Republican politician from Idaho. Callahan was the 1938 Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat in Idaho. He was defeated by Democratic Congressman D. Worth Clark....

 in the general election.

In 1944 Clark was defeated for renomination in the Democratic primary by Glen H. Taylor

Glen H. Taylor

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. Clark ran for the Senate again in 1950, defeating Taylor in the Democratic primary but losing to Republican Herman Welker

Herman Welker

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 in the general election.

After losing to Welker, Clark resumed the practice of law in Boise, Idaho

Boise, Idaho

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, and Washington, D.C.

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. In 1954 he moved to Los Angeles, California

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. He held financial interests in radio stations in Van Nuys, California, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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, and Honolulu, and a bank in Las Vegas, Nevada

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. He died June 19, 1955, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.