Show ARKANSAS SENATOR C CALLED president pro tempore of senate succumbs to stroke of apoplexy little rock ark united states senator james 11 clarke pros president Ident pro temporo of the united states senate died at lila ilia home here sunday senator clarke suffered a stroke of apoplexy friday and never regained senate 4 clarko clarke was born in yazoo lly ity miss august 18 1854 lie he was educated in th schools of lita his native irate and in 1878 graduated from the aw department of tile the university of virginia ile he began the practice of aw lit in helena elena Il ark in 1879 entering politics mr clarko clarke was waa advanced rapidly from legislator in 1886 to state senator in to tho the presidency of the state senate in 1891 ind to attorney general in 1892 ho was elected governor in 1894 lit in 1903 tie lie was elec elected td united senator and was reelected elected re in 1909 and again lit in 1915 ile he was elected president pro tern temporo pore of the senate in 1913 and reelected in ill 1915 |