Alex Clark

Not to be confused with Alex Clarke or Alexander Ross Clarke.

Alex Clark
Indiana, Indiana mayor Alex Clark, 1949.

39th Mayor of Indianapolis
In office January 1, 1952 – January 1, 1956
Preceded by	Christian J. Emhardt
Succeeded by	Philip L. Bayt, Jr.
Personal details
Born	March 22, 1916 Indianapolis, Indiana
Died	February 14, 1991
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Depauw University, Indiana University Law School

Republican Alex M. Clark (March 22, 1916 – February 14, 1991) was an American politician. He became the youngest mayor of Indianapolis in 1951. He served one term and later ran again in 1967, losing in the primary to eventual winner Richard Lugar. He was a World War II veteran, and a former POW. In 1956 he and a number of friends formed the Wyoming Antelope Hunters Club in Indianapolis, which is still an active social club today. Prior to being mayor, Clark was a deputy prosecutor and judge in Marion County, Indiana.

Clark died in Argentina in 1991 of a head injury while on a cruise, returning from Antarctica in pursuit of his goal to visit every continent.^[1]

Preceded by Christian J. Emhardt	Mayor of Indianapolis 1952–1955	Succeeded by Philip L. Bayt, Jr.

Mayors of Indianapolis

Henderson Newcomb Scudder McCready West Coulon Wallace (William J.) Maxwell Caven McCauley Mitchell Caven Grubbs McMaster Denny Sullivan (Thomas L.) Denny Taggart Bookwalter Holtzman Bookwalter Shank Wallace (Henry R.) Bell Jewett Shank Duvall Negley Slack Sullivan (Reginald H.) Kern Jr. Boetcher Sullivan (Reginald H.) Tyndall Denny Feeney Bayt Jr. Emhardt Clark Bayt Jr. Boswell Losche Barton Lugar Hudnut III Goldsmith Peterson Ballard Hogsett

References

↑ http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/1991/02/15/archive.19910215.eb78e57.sto?code=9ac65e4a-441b-11e5-a4b0-2c59e5443dda

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