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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Michigan / New YorkSamuel CLARK
(1800-1870)
CLARK, Samuel, a
Representative from New York and a Representative from Michigan;
born in Clarksville, Cayuga County, N.Y., in January 1800; attended
Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.; studied law in Auburn, N.Y.; was
admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Waterloo,
N.Y., in 1826; elected as a Jacksonian from New York to the
Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); moved to
Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1842 and resumed the practice of law; member
of the State constitutional convention in 1850; elected as a
Democrat from Michigan to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4,
1853-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854
to the Thirty-fourth Congress; assisted in locating and
inaugurating a land office at Buchanan, situated at the head of
Lake Superior; discontinued the practice of his profession and
retired from political activities; became greatly interested in
agricultural pursuits; died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich.,
on October 2, 1870; interment in Mountain Home Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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