John Steven Clark (born March 21, 1947) is an American politician who was the longest-serving attorney general in Arkansas history. Born in

Leachville, Arkansas Leachville is a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,039 at the 2020 census. Leachville was incorporated in 1916. History Leachville was established in 1896 by land developers Joshua Gilbert Leach, James Wise ...

to John W. Clark and Jean Bearden Clark, Clark decided early on that he wanted to be a politician. He graduated from

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and received a

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degree at the

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prior to briefly practicing law.

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