Ezra Clark Jr. (September 12, 1813 – September 26, 1896) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Clark moved with his parents to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1819. He attended the public schools. He engaged in business as an iron merchant. He served as member of the common council and the board of aldermen. He served as president of the National Screw Co. of Hartford, later consolidated with the American Screw Co. of

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. He served as judge of the municipal court. Clark was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a

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to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He served as chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Thirty-fourth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-sixth Congress. He served as president of the Hartford Board of Water Commissioners 1882–1895. He served as president of the Young Men's Institute of Hartford for many years. He died in Hartford, Connecticut, September 26, 1896. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Ezra Jr. 1813 births 1896 deaths People from Brattleboro, Vermont Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut 19th-century American politicians