{{Short description|American politician}} {{for|the ice hockey player|Clark Hamilton (ice hockey)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''Clark Alexander Hamilton''' (February 26, 1899 – April 22, 1980) was an American politician from Malad City, Idaho.<ref>''U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947''</ref> He was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Idaho in 1954.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cGopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SuYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=722,7304444&dq=clark-hamilton+idaho&hl=en|title=Bitter Battle for Senate Marks Campaign in Idaho|date=31 October 1954|work=The Spokesman-Review|publisher=AP|page=22|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> Hamilton was defeated by Republican Attorney General Robert E. Smylie.
Hamilton was a member of the Idaho Legislature, serving in the Idaho Senate from 1949 to 1954.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hamiltons continue 'country store' atmosphere over 50 years|work=Star News|date=November 6, 1959|page=1|url=http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mccall/id/22?_ga=2.5204663.562240068.1500913528-427775505.1500913528}}</ref>
He died in Malheur County, Oregon, in 1980, age 81.<ref>''Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008''</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{succession box | title=Democratic Party nominee, Governor of Idaho | before=Calvin E. Wright | after=A. M. Derr | years=1954 (lost) }} {{s-end}}
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