champclark

James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark (1850 - 1921) Speaker of the House (1911 - 1919) Missouri Senator This picture may be from the Democratic Convention of 1912, where Clark was initially considered a frontrunner for the Presidential nomination. By the end, though, the nomination went to Woodrow Wilson.

Yes, Clark actually received a MAJORITY of the votes on the first ballot. But not 2/3, which is what was required to secure the nomination.

Thanks! We'll fix the title to include Clark's full name in the source data and reload the description. (Location is the House of Representatives chamber at the U.S. Capitol. Compare this photo from our main photo catalog, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b43283 )

The photo appears in the Bain Agency's 1911 photostream, and is dated (on the negative) May 15, 1911.

Wystan, Thanks for the more accurate date. We will add that to the record when we update.

"James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark (March 7, 1850 – March 2, 1921) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s until his death. A Representative of Missouri from 1893 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1921, he served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1912."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_Clark
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Thanks, Art, we can add bio info here and elsewhere.

Mr. Clark was politician, and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for President in 1912, losing to Woodrow Wilson. He was accused of being part of the corrupt machine politics of the age. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_Clark Clark actually had the majority of the votes for the nomination, but did not get 2/3, which opened the door to Wilson. He looks pretty confident here though. Below is article about wild and woolly 3-way election of 1912. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_of_1912

Champ Clark is shown here at Sea Girt, New Jersey, bitterly disappointed and humiliated after the 1912 Democratic National Convention, in which he lost the party's Presidential nomination to Woodrow Wilson. Sea Girt, a resort town, was the location of the New Jersey "summer White House." Wilson, who was still the Governor of New Jersey, received visitors there while he mapped out the fall campaign. Clark was part of a delegation of Congressmen who came to Sea Girt to congratulate Wilson. Other Bain/LOC photos show Woodrow Wilson seated in the rocking chair beside Clark: