John C. Clark
U.S. Congressperson
1793 – 1852
Who was John C. Clark?
John Chamberlain Clark was a United States Representative from New York.
Clark was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on January 14, 1793. 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; elected as a Democrat to the 25th United States Congress, 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; served as First Auditor of the Treasury, August 2, 1849 - October 31, 1849; moved to Chemung County, New York and engaged in the lumber business; died in Elmira, New York on October 25, 1852; interment in St. Peter’s Churchyard, Bainbridge, New York.
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- Born
- Jan 14, 1793
Pittsfield - Also known as
- John Clark
- Profession
- Education
- Williams College
- Lived in
- New York
- Died
- Oct 25, 1852
Elmira
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on July 23, 2013
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