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{{Short description|American lawyer and politician in California}}
{{About other people|the Libertarian Party politician}}
{{Infobox politician
|name        = Ed Clark
|image       = File:Ed Clark (cropped).jpg
|caption     = Clark, 1980
|office      = Chair of the [[Libertarian Party of California]]
|term_start  = 1973
|term_end    = 1974
|office1     = Chair of the [[Libertarian Party of New York]]
|term_start1 = 1972
|term_end1   = 1973
|predecessor1= ''Party established''
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1930|5|4}}
|birth_place = [[Middleborough, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|death_date  =
|death_place =
|party       = [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] (after 1971)
|otherparty  = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (until 1971)
|occupation  = Attorney
|education   = {{unbulleted list|[[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
|spouse      = {{marriage|Alicia Garcia|1970}}
|branch      = [[United States Navy]]
|rank        = [[lieutenant (junior grade)#United States|Lieutenant (junior grade)]]
|serviceyears = {{ubl|1952–1954 (active service)|1954–1965 ([[United States Navy Reserve|reserves]])}}
}}
'''Edward E. Clark''' (born May 4, 1930) is an American lawyer and politician who ran for [[governor of California]] in [[California gubernatorial election, 1978|1978]], and for president of the United States as the nominee of the [[United States Libertarian Party|Libertarian Party]] in the [[1980 United States presidential election|1980 presidential election]].