Alvah A. Clark

Infobox Congressman
name=Alvah Augustus Clark


width=200px
state=New Jersey
district=4th
party=Democrat
term=March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881
preceded=Robert Hamilton
succeeded=Henry S. Harris
date of birth=September 13, 1840
place of birth=Lebanon, New Jersey, USA
date of death=December 27, 1912
place of death=Somerville, New Jersey, USA
spouse=
profession=Politician, Lawyer
religion=
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Alvah Augustus Clark (September 13, 1840 – December 27, 1912) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who represented ushr|New Jersey|4 in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1881. He was the first cousin of James N. Pidcock, who represented the same district from 1885 to 1889.

Born in Lebanon, New Jersey, Clark attended public and private schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1863, commencing practice in New Germantown, New Jersey. He was licensed as a counselor in 1867 and moved to Somerville, New Jersey later the same year where he continued to practice law.

Clark was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1880.

After leaving Congress, Clark resumed practicing law, was appointed postmaster of Somerville, serving until 1899 and, once again, resumed practicing law until his death in Somerville on December 27, 1912. He was interred in New Somerville Cemetery in Somerville.

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#R9M0ISKS6 Alvah Augustus Clark] at The Political Graveyard
*Findagrave|0909582|Alvah Augustus Clark