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{{short description|American politician, lawyer, and author}}
{{redirect|Joseph S. Clark|another person|Joseph Samuel Clark}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birthname           = Joseph Sill Clark Jr.
| image name          = JosephSClark.jpg
| jr/sr               = United States Senator
| state               = [[Pennsylvania]]
| party               = [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| otherparty          = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (until 1928)
| term_start          = January 3, 1957
| term_end            = January 3, 1969
| preceded            = [[James H. Duff|James Duff]]
| succeeded           = [[Richard Schweiker]]
| office4             = 90th [[Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Mayor of Philadelphia]]
| term_start4         = January 7, 1952
| term_end4           = January 2, 1956
| predecessor4        = [[Bernard Samuel]]
| successor4          = [[Richardson Dilworth]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1901|10|21}}
| birth_place         = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age |1990|1|12|1901|10|21}}
| death_place         = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| spouse              = 
| signature = Joe Clark Signature.png
| alma_mater          = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
| allegiance          = [[United States of America]]
| branch              = [[United States Army Air Forces]]
| serviceyears        = 1941 &ndash; 1945
| rank                = [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]
| battles             = [[World War II]]
}}
'''Joseph Sill Clark Jr.''' (October 21, 1901{{spaced ndash}}January 12, 1990) was an American writer, lawyer and politician. A member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]], he served as the 90th [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor of Philadelphia]] from 1952 to 1956 and as a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] from 1957 to 1969. Clark was the only [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian Universalist]] elected to a major office in Pennsylvania in the modern era.<ref name=vetter>{{cite book|last1=Vetter|first1=Herbert|title=Notable American Unitarians, 1936-1961|year=2007|publisher=Harvard Square Library|location=Cambridge, MA}}</ref>

The son of attorney and tennis player [[Joseph Sill Clark Sr.]], Clark pursued a legal career in Philadelphia after graduating from the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]]. He became involved in a reform movement that sought to break the power of the city's [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[political machine]]. After serving in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] during [[World War II]], Clark won election as city controller in 1949. In this capacity, he investigated and publicized scandals in the city government. In 1951, Clark won election as Mayor of Philadelphia, becoming the first Democrat to do so since 1884. As mayor, he sought to reduce corruption in city government and created low-income housing projects.

After one term as mayor, Clark narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator [[James H. Duff]] in the 1956 Senate election. Clark earned a reputation as a strong supporter of [[civil rights movement|civil rights]] and worked to appoint liberal committee members from his perch on the [[United States Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee|Democratic Steering Committee]]. Clark narrowly won re-election in 1962 but was defeated in 1968 by Congressman [[Richard Schweiker]]. His defeat is generally credited to his support of [[gun control]] and opposition to the [[Vietnam War]]. After leaving office, Clark became a professor at [[Temple University]].

==Early life and education==
One of two children, Joseph Clark was born in [[Philadelphia]] to [[Joseph Sill Clark Sr.]] and Kate Richardson Avery.<ref name=inquirer>{{cite news|date=1990-01-15|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|title=Political Giant Joseph Clark Dead At 88|url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-01-15/news/25905842_1_mayoral-election-public-servant-first-democratic-mayor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020033007/http://articles.philly.com/1990-01-15/news/25905842_1_mayoral-election-public-servant-first-democratic-mayor|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2013|last=Neal|first=Steve}}</ref> His father, a longtime lawyer in the [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]] section of the city, was also a national [[tennis]] champion who won the [[1885 U.S. National Championship (tennis)|1885 U.S. National Championship]] in doubles with [[Richard Sears (tennis)|Dick Sears]].<ref name=father>{{cite news|date=1956-04-16|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE3DB1530E23BBC4E52DFB266838D649EDE |quote=Joseph Sill Clark Sr., father of former Philadelphia Mayor Joseph Sill Clark Jr. and the city's oldest practicing attorney, died yesterday at his home in Chestnut Hill here. He was 94 years old. ...|title=Joseph Clark Sr., An Attorney, Dies}}</ref> His mother, whose family owned [[Avery Island, Louisiana|Avery Island]] in [[Louisiana]], was the niece of [[Edmund McIlhenny]], the inventor of [[Tabasco sauce]].<ref name=beers>{{cite book|last1=Beers|first1=Paul B.|title=Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday: The Tolerable Accommodation|year=1980|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University]]}}</ref> Clark was raised in the [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia|Chestnut Hill]] section of Philadelphia, and received his early education at [[Chestnut Hill Academy]].<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|date=1990-01-16|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Joseph S. Clark Is Dead at 88; Ex-Mayor and Reformist Senator|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/16/obituaries/joseph-s-clark-is-dead-at-88-ex-mayor-and-reformist-senator.html|last=Fowler|first=Glenn}}</ref> He then attended [[Middlesex School]] in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], [[Massachusetts]], where he played on the school's [[baseball]] and [[American football|football]] teams.<ref name=current>{{cite book|title=[[Current Biography]]|volume=XXIII|year=1952|publisher=[[H. W. Wilson Company]]}}</ref> He graduated from Middlesex in 1919 as class [[valedictorian]].<ref name=congress>{{cite news|work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|title=CLARK, Joseph Sill, (1901 - 1990)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000444}}</ref>

Clark studied at [[Harvard University]], where he was a member of the baseball and [[Track and field|track]] teams.<ref name=aps>{{cite journal|last1=Clark|first1=George R.|title=Joseph Sill Clark (October 21, 1901 - January 12, 1990|journal=Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society|jstor=987153|year=1991|volume=135|issue=1|pages=93–97|publisher=[[American Philosophical Society]]}}</ref> He won several prizes, including the John Harvard scholarship for high academic distinction.<ref name=current/> He was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and graduated ''[[Latin honors|magna cum laude]]'' in 1923 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in government, history and economics.<ref name=inquirer/> Clark, who had spent time at the [[Bar B C Dude Ranch]] in [[Jackson Hole]], [[Wyoming]], became a partner in the nearby [[Double Diamond Dude Ranch Dining Hall|Double Diamond Dude Ranch]] in 1924.<ref name=apcjh14b>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/grte2/hrs14b.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205234824/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/grte2/hrs14b.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2007|date=August 12, 2008|work=A Place Called Jackson Hole: A Historic Resource Study of Grand Teton National Park|title=Chapter 14: The Dude Wranglers|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref> He later returned to Philadelphia and enrolled at the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]], where he was a member of [[St. Anthony Hall]] and editor of the ''[[University of Pennsylvania Law Review|Law Review]]''.<ref name=nytimes/> He earned his [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree in 1926.<ref name=congress/>

==Early career==
In December 1926, Clark was admitted to the bar and became an associate with his father's law firm of Clark, Clark, McCarthy and Wagner.<ref name=current/> That same year, he made his first entry into politics when he unsuccessfully ran as a progressive candidate for [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Committeemen and committeewomen|committeeman]].<ref name=aps/> In 1928, he left the Republican Party and became a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], supporting [[Al Smith]] in that year's [[1928 United States presidential election|presidential election]].<ref name=inquirer/>

During the 1928 election, Clark founded the Democratic Warriors Club with [[Richardson Dilworth]], beginning a long political partnership between the two.<ref name=beers/> Both men became active in the [[reform movement]] to end corruption in city government, which was long controlled by a Republican [[Political machine|machine]].<ref name=beers/> Clark was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Philadelphia City Council]] in 1933, with Dilworth serving as his [[campaign manager]].<ref name=current/> The following year, he joined the firm of Dechert, Bok, Smith and Clark, and continued to practice law for seven years.<ref name=aps/> He managed Dilworth's unsuccessful campaign for the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]] in 1934.<ref name=inquirer/> From 1934 to 1935, he served as Deputy [[Pennsylvania Attorney General|Attorney General of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=congress/> In this capacity, he engaged in trial work related to the closing of banks.<ref name=current/>

In August 1941, Clark enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] (AAF) and was assigned as a [[Captain (United States)|captain]] in the Officers' Reserve Corps Headquarters at [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=congress/> He later became director of the Organizational Planning Headquarters with the AAF.<ref name=aps/> Following the entry of the United States into [[World War II]], he was transferred to the [[China Burma India Theater]] as deputy chief of staff to General [[George E. Stratemeyer]].<ref name=inquirer/> He briefly served as acting chief of staff to General Stratemeyer, and attained the rank of [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] on October 15, 1943.<ref name=current/> He was awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal]], [[Legion of Merit]], and [[Order of the British Empire|Military Order of the British Empire]].<ref name=aps/> Returning to the United States in September 1945, he accompanied General Stratemeyer to Washington, D.C., where he helped design plans to defend the nation against air raids.<ref name=current/>

Following his return to Philadelphia, Clark resumed his political activity and his partnership with Dilworth. He was manager of Dilworth's unsuccessful campaign for [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor of Philadelphia]] against Republican incumbent [[Bernard Samuel]] in 1947.<ref name=inquirer/> He then served as chairman of the citizens' committee for President [[Harry S. Truman]] in the [[1948 United States presidential election|1948 election]], and as chairman of the Philadelphia chapter of the [[Americans for Democratic Action]] from 1948 to 1949.<ref name=current/> Running as a reform Democrat, Clark was elected [[Comptroller|city controller]] in 1949, winning by more than 100,000 votes.<ref name=congress/> Meanwhile, Dilworth was elected [[city treasurer]] by a similar margin.<ref name=aps/> Serving from 1950 to 1952, Clark investigated and publicized scandals within the Republican-controlled city government, including the embezzlement of tax money and court funds, imprisonment of the fire marshal, falsification of records, and corruption in the water bureau.<ref name=current/> Many officials were impeached or indicted as a result, and nine even committed suicide.<ref name=aps/>

==Mayor of Philadelphia==
Clark announced his candidacy for [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|mayor of Philadelphia]] in May 1951.<ref name=inquirer/> Democratic leaders had wanted Dilworth to run, but Clark released a press statement declaring his "irrevocable decision to run for mayor."<ref name=reform>{{cite journal|last1=McLarnon|first1=John M.|last2=Madonna|first2=G. Terry|author-link2=G. Terry Madonna|title=Dilworth, Clark, and Reform in Philadelphia, 1947-1962|journal=Pennsylvania Legacies|jstor=10.5215/pennlega.11.2.0024|year=2011|volume=11|issue=2|page=24|publisher=[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]|doi=10.5215/pennlega.11.2.0024}}</ref> Instead, Dilworth successfully ran for [[District Attorney of Philadelphia]].<ref name=reform/> Running on his record as city controller, Clark often used a [[broom]] while campaigning as a symbol of his pledge to "sweep out" corruption.<ref name=nytimes/> His Republican challenger was [[Daniel A. Poling]], a [[Baptists|Baptist]] clergyman and editor of the ''Christian Herald''.<ref name=beers/> Clark was endorsed by several labor unions, Americans for Democratic Action, and ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''.<ref name=current/> On November 6, 1951, [[Philadelphia municipal election, 1951|he defeated Poling]] by 124,700 votes.<ref name=aps/> With his victory, Clark became the first Democrat to be elected mayor of Philadelphia since 1884;<ref name=nytimes/> as of 2025, no member of another party has since held the office.

Clark was inaugurated as the 90th Mayor of Philadelphia on January 7, 1952.<ref name=current/> He was the first mayor to serve under Philadelphia's [[Home rule|Home Rule Charter]], which had reorganized city government by merging Philadelphia's city and county offices, establishing a limit of two successive terms for mayor, replacing [[Spoils system|patronage]] with a [[merit system]] for civil servants, and giving the mayor increased administrative, legislative, and investigative powers.<ref name=reform/> During his administration, he reduced corruption within the [[Philadelphia Police Department|Police Department]] and appointed several [[African American]]s to city jobs.<ref name=inquirer/> He adopted a $20 million tax increase and established a [[Pay-as-you-go tax|pay-as-you-go]] system.<ref name=aps/> He created low-income [[Public housing|housing]] projects, also establishing the position of housing coordinator.<ref name=mayer>{{cite book|last1=Mayer|first1=Michael S.|title=The Eisenhower Years|year=2010|publisher=Facts On File, Inc.|location=New York}}</ref> He also refused to accept personal gifts.<ref name=vetter/> His tenure also saw the transformation of the [[Penn Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Penn Center]] and the Philadelphia waterfront.<ref name=reform/>

In 1952, Clark launched a television series ''Tell It To the Mayor'' in which he and other city officials answered questions about his administration.<ref name=current/> He endorsed Senator [[Estes Kefauver]] for the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1952|Democratic nomination]] in the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 presidential election]].<ref name=current/> In 1955, he chartered the Food Distribution Center Corporation to create a new food market, and established the Urban Traffic and Transportation Board to design a mass transit system.<ref name=mayer/>

In 1956, Clark became the first politician to receive the Philadelphia Award for promoting good governance in the city.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Neal|first1=Steve|title=Political Giant Joseph Clark Dead At 88|url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-01-15/news/25905842_1_mayoral-election-public-servant-first-democratic-mayor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020033007/http://articles.philly.com/1990-01-15/news/25905842_1_mayoral-election-public-servant-first-democratic-mayor|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2013|access-date=3 October 2014|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=15 January 1990}}</ref>

Clark, who had promised to serve as mayor for only one term, did not run for reelection. As of 2021, only one other person has since served just one term as mayor: [[William J. Green III]], who was elected in 1979.

A 1993 survey of historians, political scientists and urban experts conducted by Melvin G. Holli of the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] ranked Clark as the twenty-second-best American big-city mayor to have served between the years 1820 and 1993.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Holli | first = Melvin G. | title = The American Mayor | publisher = PSU Press | year = 1999 | location = University Park | url = https://archive.org/details/americanmayorbes0000holl | isbn = 0-271-01876-3 }}</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
Clark announced his candidacy for the [[United States Senate]] in [[1956 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|1956]].<ref name=beers/> After winning the Democratic nomination over the opposition of Philadelphia's party leaders, he faced first-term Republican incumbent [[James H. Duff]], a popular former [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|governor]], in the general election.<ref name=weart>{{cite news|date=1956-10-28|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=1 SEATS DISPUTED IN PENNSYLVANIA|last=Weart|first=William G.}}</ref> During the campaign, Clark ran on a [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]] platform which included support for increasing the [[Minimum wage in the United States|federal minimum wage]], expanding [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], and repealing the [[Taft–Hartley Act]].<ref name=kennedy>{{cite book|last1=Kennedy|first1=John J.|title=Pennsylvania Elections: Statewide Contests from 1950-2004|year=2006|publisher=University Press of America}}</ref> He also criticized President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] on international and domestic matters, and attacked Senator Duff's poor attendance record.<ref name=kennedy/> On November 6, 1956, Clark narrowly defeated Duff by a margin of 50.1%-49.7%, winning by less than 18,000 out of 4.5 million votes cast.<ref name=election>{{cite news|work=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1956election.pdf}}</ref> At the same time in the [[1956 United States presidential election|presidential election]], President Eisenhower, who by this time claimed his farm in [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]] as his permanent address, carried Pennsylvania by well over 600,000 votes.<ref name=kennedy/>

During his early tenure in the Senate, Clark earned a reputation as a strong supporter of [[civil rights movement|civil rights]] and congressional reform.<ref name=inquirer/> He sponsored the [[Manpower Development and Training Act]] and the Area Redevelopment Act.<ref name=nytimes/> He often clashed with [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] while the latter was [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]].<ref name=aps/> In [[1962 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|1962]], Clark was re-elected to a second term after narrowly defeating Congressman [[James E. Van Zandt]] by a 51%-49% margin.<ref name=reelection>{{cite news|work=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1962|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1962election.pdf}}</ref>

Clark was appointed to the [[United States Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee|Democratic Steering Committee]] in 1963, but conservative Southern Democrats thwarted his efforts to appoint more liberal Senators to committees.<ref name=inquirer/> He was a critic of the Senate itself, which he called a "self-perpetuating oligarchy" in a 1963 address on the Senate floor.<ref name=current/> He challenged the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|seniority system]] and the [[Filibuster in the United States Senate|filibuster]].<ref name=mayer/> In 1964, he endorsed [[Genevieve Blatt]], the state Secretary of Internal Affairs, over Judge [[Michael Musmanno]] in the Democratic senatorial primary.<ref name=beers/> Clark's opposition to Musmanno was not well received by the [[Italian American]] community, who largely voted against Clark in 1968.<ref name=weaver>{{cite news|date=1968-10-27|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=CLOSE RACE SEEN IN PENNSYLVANIA|last=Weaver Jr.|first=Warren}}</ref> A member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]], he voted for the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] in 1964 but soon became an outspoken opponent of the [[Vietnam War]], condemning the war's escalation in 1965.<ref name=beers/>

In [[1968 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|1968]], Clark was defeated for re-election to a third term by Congressman [[Richard Schweiker]], losing 52% to 46%.<ref name=defeat>{{cite news|work=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf}}</ref> His defeat is generally ascribed to his support of [[gun control]], especially the [[1968 Gun Control Act]], and opposition to the Vietnam War.<ref name=kennedy/> His campaign chairman in 1968 was [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]] author [[James A. Michener]].<ref name=beers/>

==Later life and death==
Following his departure from the Senate, Clark served as a professor at [[Temple University]] in 1969.<ref name=congress/> He was president of World Federalists U.S.A., an organization promoting the creation of a [[world government]], from 1969 to 1971.<ref name=congress/> He also served as chairman of the Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy, and continued to attend meetings of Members of Congress for Peace Through Law.<ref name=mayer/> A strong opponent of Mayor [[Frank Rizzo]], he supported [[Bill Green III]] in the 1971 Democratic primary and then Republican [[W. Thacher Longstreth]] in the general election.<ref name=inquirer/> He was chairman of independent candidate Charles Bowser's campaign in 1975.<ref name=inquirer/> He was an elected member of both the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Sill Clark |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/joseph-sill-clark |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Joseph+S.+Clark&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

Clark died at his home in Chestnut Hill, at age 88.<ref name=nytimes/> His remains were cremated.<ref name=congress/>

==Personal life and family==
Joseph Clark was descended from a prominent financial family in Philadelphia. His great-grandfather, [[Enoch White Clark]], was the founder of [[E. W. Clark & Co.]]<ref name=family>{{cite news|work=[[University of Pennsylvania]]|title=Clark and Madeira Family Papers, 1820 - 1942|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt50/clark_madeira.html|access-date=2012-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702001714/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt50/clark_madeira.html|archive-date=2010-07-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> Enoch's son [[Edward White Clark|Edward]] was Clark's paternal grandfather and brother of [[Clarence Howard Clark Sr.]]<ref name=family/> Clarence Sr.'s son [[Clarence Howard Clark Jr.|Clarence Jr.]] served as president of the [[Centennial National Bank]]. Clark was the nephew of [[Edward Walter Clark Jr.]], commodore of the [[Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club]] and father of [[Edward Walter Clark III|Edward III]]; [[Clarence Clark (tennis)|Clarence Munroe Clark]], a noted tennis player like his brother; and [[Percy Clark]], a lawyer and noted [[cricket]]er.<ref name=family/> Percy's daughter [[Mary Rockefeller|Mary]] was married to [[Nelson Rockefeller]] from 1930 to 1962, before he served as [[Vice President of the United States]].{{citation needed|date = October 2016}}

Clark's paternal grandmother was the daughter of Joseph and Jane (née Todhunter) Sill, who were social reformers and leaders in [[History of the United States (1789–1849)|antebellum]] Philadelphia's benevolence movement.<ref name=posey>{{cite journal|last1=Posey|first1=Trisha|title="Alive to the Cry of Distress": Joseph and Jane Still and Poor Relief in Antebellum Philadelphia|jstor=20094012|year=2008|issue=3|journal=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography|volume=132|pages=215–243}}</ref> Joseph Sill served as secretary, vice president, and president of the [[St. George Society of Philadelphia]], an aid organization for [[England|English]] immigrants.<ref name=posey/>

Clark was married three times and had two children. He and his first wife, [[Elizabeth Jenks Clark|Elizabeth Story Jenks]], had one son, Joseph S. Clark III.<ref name=beers/> He was married to his second wife, Noel Hall, from April 1935 until their divorce in September 1967.<ref name=divorce>{{cite magazine|date=1967-09-08|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]|title=Milestones|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899810,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215142002/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899810,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2008}}</ref> He and Noel had one daughter, Noel Clairborne Clark.<ref name=current/> Two weeks after his divorce, Clark married Iris Cole Richey, a former editor of the ''[[Pennsylvania Manual]]'', to whom he remained married until his death.<ref name=remarriage>{{cite magazine|date=1967-09-22|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]|title=Milestones|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837335,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215132739/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837335,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2008}}</ref>

==Writings==
*''The Senate Establishment'' (1963)
*''Congress: The Sapless Branch'' (1964)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* The [http://www.hsp.org/files/inventory1958clark.pdf Joseph Sill Clark Papers], including reports, articles, news releases and some correspondence, are available for research use at the [[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]].

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