Clyde Taylor Ellis taught, served in the Navy, and represented Arkansas in the House. His accomplishments also included organizing the Benton County ’Possum Club. According to this photo's caption, because his congressional duties required him to miss the annual meeting, the club specially shipped “a fat young ’possum” to his office in Washington. Although some Representatives and staffers enjoyed cooking and eating possum, Ellis donated the snarling marsupial to the zoo.
