Joseph W. Clark

Joseph Warren Clark was an American politician.
Clark was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, on May 5, 1912, to parents Wycliff Clark and Anna Burns. He dropped out of Ottumwa High School after his parents had fallen ill, but obtained his diploma after Ottumwa began offering evening classes. Clark ran the family farm, and was also a coal miner and ironworker. He was active in the Congress of [Industrial Organizations], serving the Ottumwa local as its first secretary-treasurer. Clark was elected to represent Iowa [House of Representatives, District 19|District 19] of the Iowa [House of Representatives] in 1972 and 1974 as a Democrat. However, he died in the midst of his first term in office.
Clark died on October 8, 1974, at the University of Iowa Hospital, where he was seeking treatment for cancer.