Bryant Clark

Bryant W. Clark (born October 31, 1974) is a is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A member of the Democratic Party, Clark is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, and represents the 47th district. He has served in the Mississippi House since 2004.^[1]

The district includes parts of Attala, Holmes and Yazoo counties, which is located in central Mississippi. The District comprises both the Hills and Mississippi Delta regions of the state.

Early life, education and career

Clark is a lifelong resident of Ebenezer, located in southern Holmes County. He is 1993 graduate of McClain High School in Lexington. After completing high school he attended Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi where he received his Associate of Arts degree in 1995. After completing his studies at Holmes he attended Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi. In 1998, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mississippi Valley State with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. During his undergraduate career, he also did studies at Stillman College in Alabama and the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. In 2000, he entered the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi. While in Law School, he served as a Senator for the Law School Student Government Association. He was also an active member of the Black Law Student Association as well as many other organizations. In December 2002, he received his Juris Doctorate (Law Degree) from the Mississippi College School of Law. He has been admitted to the Mississippi Bar and is licenced to practice before the Mississippi Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and the all state courts of Mississippi.

Clark is the President of the Holmes County Branch of the NAACP. He is the past Vice President and 2nd Congressional District Coordinator of the Young Democrats of Mississippi and in 2004, he was elected to both the Holmes County Democratic Executive Committee and State Democratic Executive Committee. For four years he served as the Secretary of the State Democratic Executive Committee. In 2002, he was awarded the Distinguished Young Democrat award by the State Party.^[2]

Mississippi House of Representatives

Committee assignments

Clark has served on several important committees which include the Education, Judiciary A, Juvenile Justice, Public Health & Human Services and Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks, Water & Conservation, Transportation committees. He is the past Vice Chair of the Rules Committee and past Secretary of the Public Health & Human Services Committee. He is presently Vice Chair of the Water & Conservation Committee. Clark also belongs to the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, House Democrat Caucus, House Sportsman’s Caucus. In 2012, he was elected the Deputy Leader of House Democrat Caucus.

Tenure

Clark was first elected to legislator in 2003 when his father Robert G. Clark, Jr. retired. Robert G. Clark, Jr. was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1967. He was the first African American elected to the Mississippi State Legislature since the Reconstruction era. Robert G. Clark, Jr. was serving as Speaker Pro Tempore when he retired in 2003. Bryant Clark was reelected to the legislator in 2007 and 2011.

References

External links

• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• Legislative page
• Twitter account
• Official Website