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Joseph S. Clark, Jr.

Joseph S. Clark Jr.
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United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by James Duff
Succeeded by Richard Schweiker
116th Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In office
January 7, 1952 – January 2, 1956
Preceded by Bernard Samuel
Succeeded by Richardson Dilworth
Personal details
Born Joseph Sill Clark Jr.
(1901-10-21)October 21, 1901
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died January 12, 1990(1990-01-12) (aged 88)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Republican (until 1928)
Alma mater Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Religion Unitarian Universalist
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army Air Forces
Years of service 1941 – 1945
Rank Colonel
Battles/wars World War II

Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (October 21, 1901 – January 12, 1990) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1969. He previously served as the 116th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956. Clark was the only Unitarian Universalist elected to a major office in Pennsylvania in the modern era.

One of two children, Joseph Clark was born in Philadelphia to Joseph Sill Clark Sr. and Kate Richardson Avery. His father, a longtime lawyer in the Germantown section of the city, was also a national tennis champion who won the 1885 U.S. National Championship in doubles with Dick Sears. His mother, whose family owned Avery Island in Louisiana, was the niece of Edmund McIlhenny, the inventor of Tabasco sauce. Clark was raised in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, and received his early education at Chestnut Hill Academy. He then attended Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, where he played on the school's baseball and football teams. He graduated from Middlesex in 1919 as class valedictorian.


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