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Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (October 21, 1901 – January 12, 1990) was an American writer, lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party , he served as the 90th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956 and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1969.
In the end, Clark narrowly defeated the incumbent Duff by just under 18,000 votes. The result was not known definitively until 50,000 military ballots had been counted and despite Duff's loss, Eisenhower carried the state in the presidential election and the Republicans won every other statewide race in 1956.
He also attacked Clark for Clark's support of the Kennedy administration's foreign policy towards both China and Cuba. In return, Clark portrayed Van Zandt as a proponent of McCarthyism who would be "trigger happy" as a Senator. [1] In the end, Clark was re-elected to the United States Senate, winning his second term.
This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate.As of December 2024, a total of 2,006 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving).
Lost nomination to finish Vare's term. Dec 11, 1929 – Dec 1, 1930 Republican: Joseph R. Grundy: 19 Elected in 1930 to finish Vare's term: Dec 2, 1930 – Jan 3, 1945 Republican: James J. Davis: 20 72nd: 73rd: 25 Re-elected in 1932. 25 Joe Guffey: Democratic: Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 3, 1947 Elected in 1934. 26 74th: 75th: 76th: 26 Re-elected in 1938.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph S. Clark Jr. sought re-election to a third term but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative Richard Schweiker. This election marked the last time that an incumbent Senator lost re-election to this seat.
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Philadelphia's municipal election of November 3, 1953, was the second held under the city charter of 1951 and represented the first test of the Democratic city government of Mayor Joseph S. Clark Jr. In the 1951 election , the voters had elected a Democratic mayor for the first time in 67 years, breaking the Republican hold on political power ...