Society of Senates Past
Roster

JAMES CLARK JR.
Democrat, District 14.

Member of Senate, 1963-86. Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 1963-66. Chair, Executive Nominations Committee, 1967-71. Vice-Chair, Finance Committee, 1971-75. Member, Legislative Council (now Legislative Policy Committee), 1971-86. Chair, Finance Committee, 1975-78. President of the Senate, 1979-83. Appointed by President Carter, Member, President's Commission on Pension Policy. Chair, The National Balance the Budget Amendment Committee. Member, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee; Executive Nominations Committee; Special Joint Committee on Pensions.

Member, House of Delegates, 1959-63.

First Vice-President, Constitutional Convention of Maryland, 1967-68. Member, Maryland Heritage Committee; Golden Age Card Task Force. Member Rotary; VFW. Howard County Soil Conservation District Supervisor.

Born in Ellicott City, December 19, 1918. Attended Ellicott City public schools; Iowa Sate University, B.S., 1941. Farmer. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1941-1945.

Compiled from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives, February 11, 1999