Boyd A. Clark (January 20, 1918 – March 6, 1978) was an American jurist and politician. Born in

Wild Rose, Wisconsin Wild Rose is a village in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 780 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Wild Rose has been in operation since 1873. The village was named from wild rose bushes near the origi ...

, Clark graduated from Sparta High School. He served in the

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during

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and was a cryptographer and an educational and vocational counselor. Clark received his bachelor's degree from

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and his law degree from

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. He then practiced law in Wild Rose and

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. In 1947, Clark served in the

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and was a Republican. From 1949 to 1956, he served as district attorney of

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. Then, from 1956 to his death, in 1978, Clark served as county judge of Waushara County, Wisconsin. In 1977, Clark was accused of drunken driving, but he died of a stroke in Wild Rose, Wisconsin in 1978 before he could go to court.'Waushara's Judge Boyd Clark dies from stroke,' The Capital Times, March 6, 1978, pg. 1

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