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not wholly applicable to Idaho. Wilford W. Clark generally was, by modern-day standards, a conservative voter. [JRC's 1976 essay adds, "He was interested in local control of civic responsibilities, aiming at a balanced budget and opposed to state programs if local or voluntary programs would suffice. His name is on nearly every page of the Legislative minutes as having something to say germane to the matters at hand." Add?] 

"He loved America and its Constitution. He had an enviable knowledge of our government, its operations, and the institutions flowing therefrom.  Few were ever more interested in our elections and the candidates. He knew the pulse of the electorate on domestic and foreign issues."

^{- (Judge) Leland G. Larsen, husband of LeOra Clark Larsen, 1956.}

"He was a good politician and proud of his party."

^{- Joseph Smith Phelps, grand-nephew of Wilford, 1960.}  
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1. Book 1, Commissioners Procedures of Bear Lake County, page 532. (Elected November 1894; took office January 1895).
2. Kennedy, J. F. Profiles in Courage. Harper & Bros, New York. 1956. p. 4.
3. Book 2, Commissioners Procedures of Bear Lake County, page 353. (Elected November 1902; took office January 1903)
4. Book 3, Commissioners Procedures of Bear Lake County, page 451. (Elected November 1920; took office January 1921)