Horace F. Clark

Horace F. Clark

Horace Francis Clark (November 29, 1815 – June 19, 1873) was a railroad executive and U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Southbury, Connecticut, Clark graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1833. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1837, where he was prominent in financial, political, and railroad circles.

Clark was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861).He became director of the New York and Harlem Railroad, and subsequently was president of Union Pacific Railroad, Michigan Southern Railroad, and many other railroads. He was active manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co. and president of the Union Trust Co..

He died in New York City on June 19, 1873, and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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