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Isaac Edgar Clark Full Name: Isaac Edgar Clark Other surnames: Clarke Date of birth: December 23, 1860 Date of death: August 9, 1928 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 18 Jan 9, 1923 - Nov 17, 1924 38th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Schulenburg / Fayette Dean of the Senate. (38th) Senate President Pro Tempore (38th)   Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca S 18 Jan 4, 1919 - Jan 9, 1923 36th (5)   37th (4)   Democrat Schulenburg / Fayette   Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca S 18 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919 34th (7) (8) (9)   35th (6)   Democrat Schulenburg / Fayette Senate President Pro Tempore (34th)   Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca S 18 Jul 23, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd (10) (11) (12)   Democrat Schulenburg / Fayette   Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca (1) 38th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/15/1923, 2nd C.S. Senate Journal. (2) Isaac E. Clark resigned 11/17/1924. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (3) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal. (4) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (5) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (6) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (7) Dr. I.E. Clarke. Texas Legislative Manual. (8) 34th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/28/1915, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (9) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (10) Democrat - "To Nominate Man for State Senator," 5/24/1913, p. 3. "Dr. I.E. Clark of Schulenburg is the democratic candidate for the office." Galveston Daily News. (11) Special election 7/19/1913, "Overwhelming Defeat for Three Amendments. . .Dr. E.I. Clark Wins in Eighteenth Senatorial; Tom B. Coe Leads in Twelfth Representative; E.M. Greer Elected in Seventh Senatorial; H.R. Greer Elected 125th Representative," 7/20/1913, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (12) Isaac E. Clark, in special election 7/19/1913, sworn 7/23/1913, succeeded David A. Paulus, resigned 5/6/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Portrait and biographical sketch, pp. 244-246, birth date 12/23/1860. Fayette County, Her History and Her People, 1902. Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," 3/22/1917, p. 6. Houston Post. Biographical sketch. Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project. Other Resources Isaac Edgar Clark, birth date 12/23/1860 in Polk County, death date 8/9/1928 in Schulenberg, Fayette County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Dr. Isaac Edger [sic] Clark, birth date 12/23/1860, death date 8/9/1928, grave marker: "State Senator 1913-23," burial in Schulenburg City Cemetery, Schulenburg, Fannin County. Find a Grave. I.E. Clark listed in Democratic State Convention 1900, Committee on Platform and Resolutions; I.E. Clark of Fayette listed in Democratic State Convention 1916 (San Antonio, May 23-24, District Delegates) and Democratic State Convention 1916 (Houston, August 8-9), Committee on Platform and Resolutions, pp. 416, 618, and 634. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916. Photographs Photograph. Dr. I.E. Clark, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Dr. I.E. Clark, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. I.E. Clark, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. I.E. Clark, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Dr. I.E. Clark, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. I.E. Clark, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 33rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 38th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 38th R.S. - 1923 Agricultural Affairs   Contingent Expense   Finance   Insurance and Banking   Public Health (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing   Roads, Bridges, and Ferries   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising   Welfare of the State   37th R.S. - 1921 Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair)  Contingent Expense   Finance (Vice Chair)  Insurance and Banking   Labor   Military Affairs   Public Health   Public Printing (Vice Chair)  Senatorial Districts   State Institutions and Departments   Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)  36th R.S. - 1919 Agricultural Affairs   Contingent Expense   Finance   Internal Improvements   Public Health (Vice Chair)  Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Institutions and Departments   Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)  35th R.S. - 1917 Central Investigating Committee   Congressional Districts   Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Insurance and Banking   Internal Improvements   Labor   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Health   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Senatorial Districts   Stock and Stock Raising   34th R.S. - 1915 Bubonic Plague Appropriation Investigation (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Inspect Capitol (Chair)  Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 1   Mining and Irrigation   Public Health   Senatorial Districts   State Penitentiaries   Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)

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