Walter Eli Clark

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Walter Eli Clark (January 7, 1869February 4, 1950) was an American Republican politician who was the last Governor of the District of Alaska from 1909 to 1912, and the first Governor of Alaska Territory from 1912 to 1913. He was born in Ashford, Connecticut and died in Charleston, West Virginia. Clark graduated from Wesleyan University in 1895.

Preceded by
Wilford Bacon Hoggatt
District Governor of Alaska
1909–1912
Succeeded by
Walter Eli Clark
(as Territorial Governor of Alaska)
Preceded by
Walter Eli Clark
(as District Governor of Alaska)
Territorial Governor of Alaska
1912–1913
Succeeded by
John Franklin Alexander Strong
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