- Samuel Clark
Samuel Clark (January 1800 –
October 2 ,1870 ) was a U.S. Representative from the state ofNew York and a a U.S. Representative from the state ofMichigan .Clark was born in
Cayuga County, New York . He attendedHamilton College in Clinton and studied law in Auburn. In 1826 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Waterloo.He was elected as a Jacksonian from
New York's 25th congressional district to the Twenty-third Congress, serving fromMarch 4 ,1833 toMarch 3 ,1835 . After leaving Congress, he resumed his practice at Waterloo. In 1842, he moved toKalamazoo, Michigan , and began a law practice there and became recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the state. Clark was a member of the Michigan State Constitutional Convention in 1850. In 1852, he was elected as a Democrat fromMichigan's 3rd congressional district to the Thirty-third Congress, serving fromMarch 4 ,1853 toMarch 3 ,1855 . He lost to RepublicanDavid S. Walbridge in the general election of 1854.On
July 17 ,1856 , PresidentFranklin Pierce nominated Clark to be register of the land office in the northeastern land district of Minnesota Territory.He discontinued the practice of his profession and retired from political activities and became greatly interested in agricultural pursuits. He died in Kalamazoo and is interred in Mountain Home Cemetery there.
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*cite book | last = Durant | first = Samuel W. | title = History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan | origyear = 1880 | url = http://name.umdl.umich.edu/bad0947.0001.001 | accessdate = 2006-11-29 | year = 2005 | publisher = University of Michigan Library | location = Ann Arbor, Mich. | pages = p. 117 | chapter = The Professions | chapterurl = http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad0947.0001.001;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=131;view=image;page=root
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(ej01052)): U.S. Congress. "Senate Executive Journal". 34th Congress. 1st session. 18 July 1856]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark8.html#R9M0ISNTV Political Graveyard]
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