Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Isaac Edgar Clark

Full Name: Isaac Edgar Clark
Other surnames: Clarke
Birth date: December 23, 1860
Death date: August 9, 1928

Terms of Service

Senate, 38th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
1/9/1923 - 11/17/1924
Democrat
Dean of the Senate.
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/15/1923, 2nd C.S.
Senate, 37th ⁽⁸⁾ & 36th ⁽⁷⁾ Legislatures
1/4/1919 - 1/9/1923
Democrat
Senate, 35th ⁽⁶⁾ & 34th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1915 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/28/1915, 1st C.S.
Senate, 33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
7/23/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat

(1) Democrat - "To Nominate Man for State Senator," 5/24/1913, p. 3. "Dr. I.E. Clark of Schulenburg is the democratic candidate for the office." Galveston Daily News .
(2) Special election 7/19/1913, "Overwhelming Defeat for Three Amendments. . .Dr. E.I. Clark Wins in Eighteenth Senatorial; Tom B. Coe Leads in Twelfth Representative; E.M. Greer Elected in Seventh Senatorial; H.R. Greer Elected 125th Representative," 7/20/1913, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Isaac E. Clark resigned 11/17/1924. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Isaac E. Clark, in special election 7/19/1913, sworn 7/23/1913, succeeded David A. Paulus, resigned 5/6/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(7) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(8) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(9) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(10) Dr. I.E. Clarke. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. I.E. Clark, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.E. Clark, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.E. Clark, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Dr. I.E. Clark, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Dr. I.E. Clark, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Dr. I.E. Clark, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Isaac Edgar Clark, birth date 12/23/1860 in Polk County, death date 8/9/1928 in Schulenberg, Fayette County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Dr. I.E. Clark, pp. 244-246, birth date 12/23/1860. Fayette County, Her History and Her People 1902.
Dr. I.E. Clark, birth date 12/23/1860, death date 8/9/1928, burial in Schulenburg City Cemetery, Schulenburg, Fannin County. Grave marker: "State Senator 1913-23." Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Dr. Isaac Edgar Clark, pp. 440-441. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
I.E. Clark listed in Democratic State Convention 1900, Committee on Platform and Resolutions; I.E. Clark of Fayette listed in Democratic State Convention 1916 (San Antonio, May 23-24, District Delegates) and Democratic State Convention 1916 (Houston, August 8-9), Committee on Platform and Resolutions, pp. 416, 618, and 634. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas 1916.
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .