About Kathryn Clarke
Lived 1873 – 1940 (aged 66–67). Kathryn Clarke was an American politician.
Kathryn Clarke (1873 – August 19, 1940) was an American politician, and the first woman to serve in the Oregon Senate.
Biography Clarke was born in 1873 to John Clarke and Catherine McGregor Clarke in Gardiner, Oregon. In January 1915, Senator George Neuner Jr. resigned to serve as district attorney, so governor Oswald West, the cousin of Clarke, set to appoint a replacement. He initially offered the post to Dexter Rice, a judge, but Rice declined. A special election was held on January 20, which Clarke won by 76 votes. Clarke served until January 1917.
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US politician
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Kathryn Clarke was born in 1873 in Gardiner.
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Kathryn Clarke died on 19 August 1940 in Pasadena.
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Kathryn Clarke was a politician.
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Kathryn Clarke was American.
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