Sidney Clarke

Sidney Clarke (October 16, 1831 - June 18, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, Clarke attended the public schools. He was publisher of the Southbridge Press in 1854, and settled in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1859.Clarke enlisted as a volunteer during the Civil War, and was appointed assistant adjutant general of Volunteers by President Lincoln February 9, 1863. He served as captain and assistant provost marshal general for Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota.

Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871). He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-first Congress).He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1870 for reelection to the Forty-second Congress.

Clarke then served as member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and served as speaker. He moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, in 1889 and engaged in railroad building. He served as chairman of the statehood executive committee in 1891, and as member of the Territorial council 1898-1902. He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was interred in Fairlawn Cemetery.

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