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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyAlvah Augustus CLARK
(1840-1912)
CLARK, Alvah Augustus,
(cousin of James Nelson Pidcock), a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Lebanon, Hunterdon County, N.J., September 13, 1840;
attended public and private schools; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in New Germantown, N.J.;
licensed as counselor in 1867; moved to Somerville, Somerset
County, in 1867 and continued the practice of law; elected as a
Democrat to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4,
1877-March 3, 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880;
resumed the practice of law; appointed postmaster at Somerville on
May 26, 1896, and served until his successor was appointed on June
15, 1899; again resumed the practice of law until his death in
Somerville, N.J., on December 27, 1912; interment in Somerville
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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