John Kirkland Clark, Sr. (January 21, 1877 - January 20, 1963) was a New York City

assistant district attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or state attorney is the chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a loc ...

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Charles S. Whitman Charles Seymour Whitman (September 29, 1868March 29, 1947) was an American lawyer who served as the 41st Governor of New York from January 1, 1915, to December 31, 1918. An attorney and politician, he also served as a delegate from New York to t ...

, the

New York County District Attorney The New York County District Attorney, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney, is the elected district attorney for New York County (Manhattan), New York (state), New York. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New ...

. He was appointed to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption. He was president of the New York State Board of Law Examiners from 1921 his retirement in 1943.

Biography

He was born on January 21, 1877, in

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...

Kate Upson Clark Catherine Pickens Upson Clark (February 22, 1851 – February 18, 1935) was an American writer. She wrote articles for ''Godey's Lady's Book'', ''Atlantic Monthly'', ''Christian Herald'', and ''Harper's Magazine''. She was an editor of the ''Springf ...

. He died on January 20, 1963.

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