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  Clark, Samuel
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NameSamuel Clark
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Kalamazoo, Michigan , United States
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Born January 00, 1800
DiedOctober 02, 1870 (70 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Dec 17, 2014 10:38pm
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InfoCLARK, 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.


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