S. Wesley Clark

Samuel Wesley Clark
23rd United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota
In office 1921–1926
7th Attorney General of South Dakota
In office January 8, 1907 – January 1911
Governor	Coe I. Crawford
Preceded by	Philo Hall
Succeeded by	Royal Johnson
Personal details
Born	(1872-12-28)December 28, 1872 Plattesville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	January 7, 1949(1949-01-07) (aged 76)
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Essie Eggler
Profession	Attorney

Samuel Wesley Clark (December 28, 1872 – January 7, 1949) was an American attorney, Attorney General of South Dakota, and U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota.

Clark was born Samuel Wesley Clark to Samuel Pliny and Elizabeth Dennison Clark on December 28, 1872, in Platteville, Wisconsin. In his formative youth, he read law books while tending to his family's cattle herd on the prairie. He attended Redfield College then read law under Thomas Sterling.^[1]

Clark was the state's attorney of Spink County, South Dakota, from 1900 to 1904. He served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 1907 to 1911 before being appointed United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota at the recommendation of Thomas Sterling and serving from 1921 to 1926.^[2]

In 1900, he married Daisy Labrie, who died in 1915. Later he married Essie Eggler in 1919. He was a Congregationalist.