Clark 's father 's family was Jewish ; his paternal great-grandfather immigrated to the United States from Belarus in response to the Pale of Settlement and anti-Jewish violence from Russian pogroms . Clark 's grandfather , Jacob Kanne , graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an ensign during World War I , although he never participated in combat . Kanne , living in Chicago , became involved with ward politics in the 1920s as a prosecutor and served in local offices . He served as a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention that nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt as the party 's presidential candidate ( though his name does not appear on the published roll of convention delegates ) . His mother was of English ancestry and was a Methodist
1932 Democratic National Convention
1932 Democratic National Convention
Wesley Clark