{{Short description|American politician}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001075. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Clark Burdick | honorific_suffix = | image = ClarkBurdick.jpg | alt = | state1 = Rhode Island | district1 = 1st congressional | term_start1 = March 4, 1919 | term_end1 = March 3, 1933 | predecessor1 = George F. O'Shaunessy | successor1 = Francis Condon | office2 = Member of the New Hampshire Senate | term2 = 1915-1916 | office3 = Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | term3 = 1906-1908 | pronunciation = | birth_name = Clark Burdick | birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|01|13}} | birth_place = Newport, Rhode Island | death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|08|27|1868|01|13}} | death_place = Newport, Rhode Island | death_cause = | resting_place = St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery<br/>Portsmouth, Rhode Island | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Republican | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | spouse = Elizabeth L. Peckham<ref name=Marquis1926>[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/378/mode/2up BURDICK, Clark] in ''Who's Who in America'' (1926 edition); p. 378</ref> | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = Rhode Island | branch = Rhode Island Naval Militia | service_years = 1896 &ndash; 1897 | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards = <!-- for military awards - appears as "Awards" if |awards= is not set --> | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }} '''Clark Burdick''' (January 13, 1868 – August 27, 1948) was an American lawyer and businessman who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island from 1919 to 1933.

== Biography == Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Burdick attended the public schools. He was a student at the Harvard Law School 1893-1895. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Newport. He was also interested in banking and served as president of the Newport Trust Co..

He served as member of the First Division, Rhode Island Naval Militia, in 1896 and 1897.

=== Business career === He served as member of the city school board 1899-1901. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->

=== Early political career === City solicitor of Newport in 1901, 1902, and again in 1907 and 1908. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1906-1908. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912. He served as member of the Newport representative council 1906-1916, serving as chairman. He served in the State senate in 1915 and 1916. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->

Awarded the third class order of the Sacred Treasury of Japan for services rendered the representatives of the Emperor of Japan in 1917.

He served as mayor of Newport in 1917 and 1918.

=== Congress === Burdick was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->

=== Later career and death === Reengaged in the practice of law and also in his banking interests in Newport, Rhode Island, until his death on August 27, 1948.

He was interred in St. Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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