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  Clarke, Richard H.
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NameRichard H. Clarke
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Mobile, Alabama , United States
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Born February 09, 1843
DiedSeptember 26, 1906 (63 years)
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Mar 30, 2015 07:19pm
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InfoCLARKE, Richard Henry, a Representative from Alabama; born in Dayton, Marengo County, Ala., February 9, 1843; attended Green Springs Academy and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in July 1861; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the First Battalion of Alabama Artillery; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Dayton, Ala.; moved to Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., and continued the practice of law; State solicitor for Marengo County 1872-1876; prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial circuit in 1876 and 1877; resumed the practice of law in Mobile, Ala.

US House (D-AL) 1889-1897; was not a candidate for renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1896

Resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; died in St. Louis, Mo., September 26, 1906; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.

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