John Steven Clark (born March 21, 1947) is an American politician who was the longest-serving attorney general in Arkansas history. Born in Leachville, Arkansas to John W. Clark and Jean Bearden Clark, Clark decided early on that he wanted to be a politician. He graduated from Arkansas State University and received a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Arkansas School of Law prior to briefly practicing law.^[1] He resigned in 1990 after being convicted of fraud.