- Staley N. Clarke
Staley Nichols Clarke (
May 24 ,1794 -October 14 ,1860 ) was a U.S. Representative fromNew York , brother ofArchibald Smith Clarke .Born in
Prince Georges County, Maryland , Clarke moved toBuffalo, New York , in 1815.He was employed as a clerk in the Bank of Niagara.He served as clerk in the office of the Holland Land Co.,Batavia, New York , from 1819 to January 1822, when he was transferred as their agent for the county of Cattaraugus toEllicottville, New York . Treasurer of Cattaraugus County for seventeen years.Clarke was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (
March 4 ,1841 -March 3 ,1843 ).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1842.He died inEllicottville, New York ,October 14 ,1860 .He was interred in Jefferson Street Cemetery.References
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