James S. Clarkson (May 17, 1842 – May 30, 1918) was a delegate to each
Republican National Convention
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from 1876 to 1896; a member of the
Republican National Committee
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from 1880 to 1896; chairman of the Committee from 1891 to 1892, and President of the Republican League of the United States from 1891 to 1893. He was born in
Brookville,
Indiana
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but raised a native of
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* Polk County, Georgia
* Polk County, Iowa
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,
Iowa
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. He married Anna Howell, and together they had three children.
He served as
postmaster
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of
Des Moines
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from 1871 to 1877, and was twice offered an ambassadorship (to Switzerland in 1869, and to China in 1890), but declined both.
[CLARKE, James S.]
in ''Who's Who in America
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On April 18, 1902, he was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as surveyor of the Port of New York until 1910.
He died at the home of his son
Grosvenor in
Newark
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,
New Jersey
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with his wife by his side. Clarkson was buried in the family mausoleum in
Des Moines
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,
Iowa
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.
NY Times Obituary
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References
1842 births
1918 deaths
Iowa Republicans
People from Brookville, Indiana
Republican National Committee chairs
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