John C. Clark

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name=John C. Clark


state=New York
district=21st
term= 1827 - 1829, 1837 - 1843
preceded=Elias Whitmore, William Mason
succeeded=Robert Monell, Jeremiah E. Cary
date of birth=January 141793
place of birth=Pittsfield, Massachusetts
date of death=October 251852
place of death=Elmira, New York
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profession=
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party=Jacksonian
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John Chamberlain Clark (January 141793 - October 251852) was a United States Representative from New York.

Clark was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on January 141793. He pursued preparatory studies and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1811. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hamilton, New York; moved to Bainbridge, New York, about 1818; district attorney 1823 - 1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the 20th United States Congress (March 41827 - March 31829); elected as a Democrat to the 25th United States Congress (March 41837 - March 31839), but changed his politics on the appearance of President Martin Van Buren’s message in 1837 favoring an independent Treasury; reelected as a Whig to the 26th and 27th Congresses (March 41839 - March 31843); served as First Auditor of the Treasury, August 21849 - October 311849; moved to Chemung County, New York and engaged in the lumber business; died in Elmira, New York on October 251852; interment in St. Peter’s Churchyard, Bainbridge, New York.

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NAME=Clark, John Chamberlain
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American politician
DATE OF BIRTH=January 14, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH=Pittsfield, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH=October 25, 1852
PLACE OF DEATH=Elmira, New York