{{Short description|American politician}} {{for|the Canadian politician|Murray Clark}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = J. Murray Clark | image = | office = Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party | term_start = 2006 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = Jim Kittle | successor = Eric Holcomb | state_senate1 = Indiana | state1 = Indiana | district1 = 29th | term_start1 = November 9, 1994 | term_end1 = November 14, 2005 | preceded1 = William Lyman Soards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/office/229/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=5 March 2015|publisher=}}</ref> | succeeded1 = Mike Delph | party = Republican | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|11|3|mf=y}} | birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Kenyon College (BA)<br>Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD) | occupation = | spouse = Janet<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=5955|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - J. Murray Clark|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> | children = 4 | website = }}
'''J. Murray Clark''' (born November 3, 1957) is an attorney and former Republican politician from Indiana. He served in the Indiana Senate from 1994 to 2005. He represented the 29th district which consisted portions of Hamilton County and Marion County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/professionals/c/clark-j-murray#tab-Overview|title=J. Murray Clark|website=www.faegredrinker.com}}</ref> Conservative political advocacy group Advance America gave him an 89% rating.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} He also served as Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party from 2006 to 2010. He was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2000. He ran alongside David McIntosh. He is a Roman Catholic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/6444/J.-Clark|title=J. Murray Clark|website=www.legdb.iga.in.gov}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/4502/j-murray-clark#.W1Ki26tjPIU Project Vote Smart – J. Murray Clark (IN)] profile * [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=5955 Our Campaigns – J. Murray Clark (IN)] profile * [https://web.archive.org/web/20011102204709/http://www.in.gov/legislative/homepages/S29/ Office website]
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-in-sen}} {{s-bef|before=William Lyman Soards}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Indiana Senate<br>from the 29th district|years=1994–2005}} {{s-aft|after=Mike Delph}} |- {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=George Witwer}} {{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana|years=2000}} {{s-aft|after=Becky Skillman}} |- {{s-bef|before=Jim Kittle}} {{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party|years=2006–2010}} {{s-aft|after=Eric Holcomb}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, J. Murray}} Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:State political party chairs of Indiana Category:Republican Party Indiana state senators Category:Politicians from Indianapolis Category:20th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly Category:21st-century members of the Indiana General Assembly