Chase A. Clark

Chase Addison Clark (August 21, 1883 – December 30, 1966) was an American jurist who served as the 18th governor of Idaho and was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.

Education and career Clark was born on August 21, 1883, in Hadley, Indiana, the son of Eunice (Hadley) and Joseph Addison Clark. He arrived in eastern Idaho Territory in 1884. His father engineered an early canal on the Snake River and later became the first Mayor of Idaho Falls, Idaho in 1900. Clark returned to Idaho Falls working as a mercantile clerk, then moved to Mackay, Idaho shortly after its founding and saved money to attend the University of Michigan Law School, He entered private practice in Mackay from 1904 to 1930. He was a Judge Advocate General for the State of Idaho from 1914 to 1915. Clark left to fight in 1916 in the Border War and then World War I. in the United States Army. He was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 1913 to 1916. He returned to private practice in Idaho Falls from 1930 to 1940.

As the governorship was a two-year term, Bottolfsen then defeated Clark to regain the governorship in 1942; both elections had been very close.

Federal judicial service

Clark was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 18, 1943, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho vacated by Judge Charles Cheatham Cavanah. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 5, 1943, and received his commission on March 10, 1943. He served as Chief Judge from 1954 to 1964. on January 10, 1906.

Death

Clark suffered a stroke at age 83 in December 1966, and spent his final weeks at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise, Idaho. He died on December 30,