Clark served as president of both Montana state constitutional conventions in 1884 and 1889. Clark yearned to be a statesman and used his newspaper, the Butte Miner, to push his …

In 1890 Montana copper mining czar William A. Clark failed in his first effort to become a United States senator. Undaunted, Clark continued to devote the full measure of his extensive …

From 1888 until 1900, he failed in four separate, bitterly contested campaigns to win a US Senate seat from Montana, incurring both the enmity and the weird fascination of an American public …

In 1901, he began a term as U.S. Senator from Montana, but his flamboyant career reinforced the public’s image of him as a “wild western mining man” and he was not reelected. William Clark …

When Montana achieved statehood, Clark was determined to win the newly created office of U.S. Senator. Running as a Democrat, Clark campaigned head to head against Republican …

Oct 4, 2023 · While no evidence of fraud was found in the 2020 election, the 1899 election for one of Montana’s Senate seats in Washington, D.C., had envelopes stuffed with cash, and …

Jan 24, 2025 · Clark was a senator from Montana and was a Democrat. He served from 1901 to 1907. He was previously a senator from Montana as a Democrat from Dec 4, 1899 to Mar 3, …

CLARK, William Andrews, a Senator from Montana; born near Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., January 8, 1839; attended the common schools and the Laurel Hill Academy; in 1856 moved …

Feb 7, 1999 · Hearing of new claims in Montana, Clark and his partners headed north, and made a small stake in a claim near Bannack. Most prospectors who struck a little paydirt either blew …

W.A. Clark Timber brought copper king William Andrew Clark to the Bonner area. In few short years at the turn of the last century, he secured a monopoly on area electricity, and his …