John Clark (governor)

State Representative
Legislature
Dover
1798
January 2 1799
January 7 1800|
-Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian
Governor
Executive
Dover
1816
January 21 1817
January 18 1820|
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-! Dates! Assembly! Chamber! Majority! Governor! Committees! District
-Party shading/Federalist
1799
23rd
State Senate
Federalist
Richard Bassett|
New Castle "at-large"
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1816
Governor|
Party shading/Federalist |John Clark
Party shading/Federalist |Federalist
Party shading/Federalist |4,008
Party shading/Federalist |53%|
Party shading/Democratic-Republican |Manaen Bull
Party shading/Democratic-Republican |Democratic-Republican
Party shading/Democratic-Republican |3,517
Party shading/Democratic-Republican |47%
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Notes

References

*cite book |title = History of the State of Delaware |last= Conrad |first= Henry C. |coauthors= |work= |publisher= Wickersham Company |location= Lancaster, Pennsylvania |pages= |year= 1908 |id=
*cite book |title = Democracy in Delaware |last= Hoffecker |first= Carol E. |coauthors= |work= |publisher= Cedar Tree Books |location= Wilmington, Delaware |pages= |year= 2004 |id= ISBN 1-892142-23-6
*cite book |title = History of Delaware Through its Governors |last= Martin |first= Roger A. |coauthors= |work= |publisher= McClafferty Press |location= Wilmington, Delaware |pages= |year= 1984 |id=
*cite book |title = Memoirs of the Senate |last = Martin |first = Roger A. |coauthors = |work = |publisher = Roger A. Martin |location = Newark, DE |year = 1995 |id =
*cite book |title = History of Delaware 1609-1888. 2 vols |last = Scharf |first = John Thomas |coauthors = |work = |publisher = L. J. Richards & Co |location = Philadelphia |year = 1888 |id =

External links

* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=0dda224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD John Clark at the "Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States"]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark5.html#RKD0IELKU John Clark at the "Political Graveyard"]
*Find A Grave|id=7097498
* [http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov2.htm#clark John Clark at "Delaware’s Governors"]

Places with more information

* [http://www.hsd.org/ Historical Society of Delaware] , 505 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware [phone]
* [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library] , 181 South College Ave., Newark, Delaware [phone]