Chase A. Clark
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Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for Idaho |
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In office April 30, 1964 – December 30, 1966 |
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| Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Idaho |
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In office 1954–1964 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Fred Taylor |
| Judge of the U.S. District Court for Idaho |
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In office March 10, 1943 – April 30, 1964 |
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| Appointed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Charles Cavanah |
| Succeeded by | Ray McNichols |
| 18th Governor of Idaho | |
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In office January 6, 1941 – January 4, 1943 |
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| Lieutenant | Charles C. Gossett |
| Preceded by | C. A. Bottolfsen |
| Succeeded by | C. A. Bottolfsen |
| Member of the Idaho Senate | |
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In office 1933–1936 |
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| Personal details | |
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Chase Addison Clark August 20, 1883 Amo, Indiana |
| Died | December 30, 1966 (aged 83) Boise, Idaho |
| Resting place | Rose Hill Cemetery Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| Nationality | United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Elizabeth Burnett Clark (1887–1984) (m. 1906–1966, his death) |
| Children |
Jean Bethine Clark Church (1923–2013) |
| Residence | Idaho Falls, Boise |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Law School, read law, 1904 |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 U.S. Army
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| Years of service | 1916–(1919) |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant
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| Battles/wars | Border War, World War I |
Chase Addison Clark (August 21, 1883 – December 30, 1966) was an attorney, politician, and federal judge in Idaho. He served as the 18th Governor of Idaho from 1941 to 1943, and was a member of the Idaho Democratic Party.
Born in Amo in Hendricks County, Indiana, Clark arrived in eastern Idaho in 1884 at age one. His father Joseph engineered an early canal on the Snake River and later became the first mayor of Idaho Falls in 1900. He attended the public schools and left Idaho Falls High School at age 15 and then attended school in Terre Haute, Indiana.
He returned to Idaho Falls and was a mercantile clerk, then moved to Mackay shortly after its founding and saved money to attend the University of Michigan Law School. He read law but did not graduate, and left after admission to the bar in 1904 at age 21. He married Jean Elizabeth Burnett, the 18-year-old daughter of a Mackay merchant, on January 10, 1906.
Clark entered private practice of law in Idaho at Mackay in 1904. He was elected to the legislature in 1912, and was a judge advocate general of the State of Idaho from 1914 to 1915, but left to fight in 1916 in the Border War and then World War I. He served in a machine gun unit and achieved the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After his return, Clark resumed his private practice in Mackay, and moved back to Idaho Falls in 1930.
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