 He also served as a program evaluator for the U.S. Senate Committee on Nutrition.In 1974, David Clarke was elected as the Ward One Representative on the Council of the District of Columbia- first Council elected by District of Columbia voters.During his eight years as the representative of Ward One, he was chairperson of the Judiciary Committee, a member of the Council's Housing and Finance committee, and chairperson of the Public Safety Committee of the Metropolitan Council of Governments, where he was a proponent of gun control.