Sheriff jim clark biography

  • Sheriff jim clark biography

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    Jim Clark (sheriff)

    American sheriff (–)

    Jim Clark

    In office
    –
    Appointed byJim Folsom
    Succeeded byWilson Baker
    Born

    James Gardner Clark, Jr.


    ()September 17,
    Alabama, U.S.
    DiedJune 4, () (aged&#;84)
    Elba, Alabama, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    SpouseLouise (divorced)
    Children5

    James Gardner Clark, Jr. (September 17, &#; June 4, )[1] was the sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama, United States from to He was one of the officials responsible for the violent arrests of civil rights protestors during the Selma to Montgomery marches of , and is remembered as a racist whose brutal tactics included using cattle prods against unarmed civil rights supporters.[2][3]

    Early life and family

    Jim Clark was born in Alabama, the son of Ettie Lee and James Gardner Clark.[4][5] He served with the U.S.

    Army Air Force in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Clark was a cattle rancher