Charles Ezra Clarke (April 8, 1790 – December 29, 1863) was a
U.S. Representative from
New York
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Biography
Clarke was born in
Saybrook, Connecticut on April 8, 1790. He completed preparatory studies and graduated from
Yale College in 1809.
He studied law in
Greene County, New York
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History ...
, was
admitted to the bar in 1815, and commenced practice in
Watertown, New York.
He moved to
Great Bend, New York in 1840, where he owned and operated a gristmill, sawmill and distillery, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was also elected president of the
Jefferson County Agricultural Society. He also became active in railroad development and management, including a post on the board of directors of the Carthage, Watertown and Sackets Harbor Railroad and one on the board of the Sackets Harbor and Saratoga Railroad.
A
Whig, he served as a member of the
New York State Assembly
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in 1839 and 1840. Clarke was elected as a Whig to the
Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851). After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law and returned to his business interests.
He died in Great Bend on December 29, 1863. He was interred at Brookside Cemetery,
Watertown, New York.
References
External links
''Yale Obituary Record''
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1790 births
1863 deaths
Yale College alumni
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century New York (state) politicians
19th-century American legislators