He played a key role in aiding refugees after the Vietnam War.
Sen. Dick Clark is flanked by Sens. Joe Biden and George McGovern in a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on May 12, 1978. | AP PhotoDES MOINES, Iowa — Former U.S. Sen. Dick Clark, a Democrat who unexpectedly won a single term representing Iowa in the 1970s after campaigning by walking around the state, and who later played a key role in aiding refugees after the Vietnam War, has died. He was 95.Clark was elected to the Senate in 1972 after launching a longshot bid against two-term Republican Sen.
During his time in the Senate, Clark devoted time to Africa, pushing for policies to help newly independent nations and to oppose apartheid. After leaving the Senate, President Jimmy Carter appointed Clark as ambassador-at-large for a refugee crisis related to the Vietnam War. Clark worked with Congress to help create a refugee policy and set up a structure to help refugees.
Clark was born Sept. 14, 1928, in the unincorporated community of Paris, Iowa. His parents made a living selling eggs door to door and later opened a grocery store.
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