11 Facts About Clark Howell

Clark Howell was a Pulitzer Prize winning American newspaper man and politician from the state of Georgia.

Clark Howell was born on September 21,1863, in Erwinton, in Edgefield County, South Carolina, to Julia A Erwin and Evan P Howell.

Two years later, Evan Clark Howell found employment as a reporter and city editor for the Atlanta Intelligencer.

In 1876, Evan Clark Howell bought a half interest in the Atlanta Constitution from Col.

Directly after graduating from college, Clark Howell moved to New York City and began working as a reporter for The New York Times then worked as the night telegraph editor of the Philadelphia Press.

Clark Howell eventually succeeded his father as editor-in-chief in 1897, upon the elder Howell's retirement.

In 1901, Clark Howell purchased controlling shares in the Constitution, from Hemphill, to become its new owner.

Clark Howell remained owner and editor of the paper until his death in 1936.

Clark Howell served as Georgia's state Democratic committeeman from 1896 to 1924 and again starting in June 1936 where he succeeded Governor Eugene Talmadge.

In late July 1923, Clark Howell arranged for the donation to Georgia Tech of equipment previously used by the Atlanta Constitution's radio station, WGM, which was used to help launch WBBF in January 1924.

When Clark Howell died, on November 14,1936, in Atlanta, he was the president and editor of the Atlanta Constitution and a director of the Associated Press.