Joseph Clarke (Kentucky politician) explained

Joe Clarke
Office:Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Term Start:January 6, 1993
Term End:January 4, 1995
Predecessor:Don Blandford
Successor:Jody Richards
Office1:Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Constituency1:50th district (1970–1972)
54th district (1972–1999)
Term Start1:January 1, 1970
Term End1:January 1, 1999
Predecessor1:Howard Hunt
Successor1:John Bowling
Birth Date:12 March 1933
Birth Place:Boyle County, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:Danville, Kentucky, U.S.
Party:Democratic

P. Joseph Clarke Jr. (March 12, 1933 – September 21, 2003) was an American politician in the state of Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1970 to 1999 and as its speaker from 1993 to 1995.[1] [2] Clarke died by suicide in 2003, aged 70.[3]

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  1. Web site: 2002OH051 Leg 050 | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History . www.kentuckyoralhistory.org . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20150127221416/http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/26703 . 27 January 2015 . dead.
  2. Web site: Interview with P. Joseph Clarke, Jr., July 24, 2002 . 2015-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023419/http://nyx.uky.edu/oh/render.php?cachefile=2002OH051_LEG050_Clarke.xml . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. https://www.wkyufm.org/regional/2003-09-22/former-speaker-of-kentucky-house-found-dead Former Speaker of Kentucky House Found Dead