George Washington Clarke (born October 24, 1852, Shelby County, Indiana; died November 28, 1936, Adel, Iowa) served two terms as a Republican Governor of Iowa from 1913-17. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Shelby County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adel is a city along the North Raccoon River in Dallas County in the U List of Governors
In 1856 the Clarke family moved to Davis County, Iowa, settling one mile east of Drakesville. Davis County is a County located in the US state of Iowa. It was named in honor of Garrett Davis, a Congressman from Kentucky from March He taught school in Bloomfield before attending Oskaloosa College, from which he graduated in 1877. Bloomfield is a city in Davis County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2601 at the 2000 census Oskaloosa College was a liberal arts college based out of Oskaloosa Iowa. Clarke earned a law degree from the University of Iowa in 1878 and then moved to Adel, Iowa. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River Adel is a city along the North Raccoon River in Dallas County in the U He married Arletta Greene on June 27, 1878. He served four years as Justice of the Peace and in 1882 formed a partnership with John B. White for the practice of law. From 1901-09, he was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, serving as Speaker from 1904-09. The Iowa House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. He was Lieutenant Governor from 1909-13, and then was elected Governor in 1912 and reelected in 1914. After stepping down as Governor, he was Dean of Drake University Law School from 1917-18, and practiced law in Des Moines, Iowa. Drake University is a private co-educational University located in the city of Des Moines Iowa, USA. His papers are in the collection of the University of Iowa.
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| Preceded by Beryl F. Carroll |
Governor of Iowa 1913–1917 |
Succeeded by William L. Harding |
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