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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkCharles Ezra CLARKE
(1790-1863)
CLARKE, Charles Ezra, a
Representative from New York; born in Saybrook, Conn., April 8,
1790; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale
College in 1809; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1815 and
commenced practice in Watertown, N.Y.; moved to Great Bend,
Jefferson County, N.Y., in 1840; member of the State assembly in
1839 and 1840; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress
(March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); resumed the practice of law; also
built and operated a gristmill and engaged in agricultural
pursuits; died in Great Bend, N.Y., December 29, 1863; interment in
Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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