Thomas J. Clarke was a farmer, state legislator and constable in Alabama. Clarke was born in South Carolina 1842/3. In August 1872 he was nominated to run for the house as a Radical Republican. He represented Barbour County, Alabama in the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency contai ...

from 1872 to 1874. In 1885 and 1886 he served as a constable in

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Talladega County Talladega County (pronounced Talla-dig-a) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama."ACES Winston County Office" (links/history), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), 2007, webpageACES-Talladega As of t ...

).Freedom's Lawmakers
by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 46 His election victory was contested but a House committee determined he and others were legitimately elected. He and other Alabama state legislators protested the election of

George Goldthwaite George Goldthwaite (December 10, 1809March 16, 1879) was an Alabama Supreme Court justice and United States Senate, U.S. senator for Alabama. He served in the Senate from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877, and did not run for reelection. He was a n ...

as U.S. senator. In 1874 he was serving as Barbour County tax assessor.

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Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Thomas J. Year of birth missing Year of death missing 1840s births People from Barbour County, Alabama People from Talladega County, Alabama

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