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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | David A. Clarke |
| Email | None |
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October 13, 1943
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| Died | March 27, 1997
(53 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
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| Info | David A. Clarke grew up in Washington and Graduated from the D.C. Public Schools. He earned a degree in religion from George Washington University and a law degree from Howard University School of Law.
Before his service on Council, he was counsel and Director of the Washington Bureau of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was legal assistant to the N.A.A.C.P Legal Defense Fund. He also served as a program evaluator for the U.S. Senate Committee on Nutrition. In 1974, David Clark was elected as the Ward One Representative on the Council of the District of Columbia- first Council elected by District of Columbia voters. During his eight years as the representative of Ward One, he was chairperson of the Judiciary Committee, a member of the Council’s Housing and Finance committee, and chairperson of the Public Safety Committee of the Metropolitan Council of Governments.
Mr. Clarke was a member of the D.C. Bar, the Americas Civil Liberties Union, the N.A.A.C.P., and the National Coalition against the Death Penalty, the Washington Urban League, and Calvary Baptist Church.
In November 1982, David Clark was elected Chairman of the Council for a term which expired January 2, 1987. He was elected to a second four-year term as chairman in November 1986. That term expired in January 1991.
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