Samuel Clark (January 1800 – October 2, 1870) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a

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for both New York (1833 to 1835) and

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(1853 to 1855).

Biography

Clark was born in Cayuga County, New York. He attended

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in Clinton and studied law in Auburn. In 1826 he was admitted to the

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and commenced the practice of law in Waterloo.

Congress

He was elected as a Jacksonian from

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to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835. After leaving Congress, he resumed his practice at Waterloo. In 1842, he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and began a law practice there and became recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the state. Clark was a member of the Michigan State Constitutional Convention in 1850. In 1852, he was elected as a

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from

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to the Thirty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855. He lost to

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David S. Walbridge in the general election of 1854.

Later career and death

On July 17, 1856, President Franklin Pierce nominated Clark to be register of the land office in the northeastern land district of

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. He discontinued the practice of his profession and retired from political activities. He became greatly interested in agricultural pursuits. He died in Kalamazoo and is interred in Mountain Home Cemetery.

References

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U.S. Congress. ''Senate Executive Journal''. 34th Congress. 1st session. 18 July 1856
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Samuel Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan People from Cayuga County, New York People from Waterloo, New York 1800 births 1870 deaths 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)