Editing Champ Clark (section)

====Later career====
In 1912, Clark was the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, coming into [[1912 Democratic National Convention|the convention]] with a majority of delegates pledged to him, but he failed to receive the necessary two-thirds of the vote on the first several ballots. After lengthy negotiation, clever management by supporters of [[New Jersey]] Governor [[Woodrow Wilson]], with widespread allegations of influence by special interests, delivered the nomination instead to Wilson.

Clark's speakership was notable for his skill from 1910 to 1914 in maintaining party unity to block [[William Howard Taft]]'s legislation and then pass Wilson's. Clark split the party in 1917 and 1918, when he opposed Wilson's decision to bring the United States into [[World War I]].

In addition, Clark opposed the [[Federal Reserve Act]], which concentrated financial power in the hands of eastern banks (mostly centered in [[New York City]]). Clark's opposition to the Federal Reserve Act is said to be the reason that Missouri is the only state granted two [[Federal Reserve Banks]] (one in St. Louis and one in Kansas City).

Clark was defeated in the [[1920 U.S. House election|Republican landslide of 1920]] and died shortly thereafter in his home in [[Washington, D.C.]]

Champ Clark is the namesake of the small community of [[Champ, Audrain County, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_audrain.html |title=Audrain County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=30 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070915/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_audrain.html |archive-date=24 June 2016 }}</ref> The former [[Clark National Forest]] likewise was named after him.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_francois.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071518/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_francois.html | archive-date=June 24, 2016 | url-status=dead | title=St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | access-date=November 27, 2016 }}</ref>