Harvey L. Clark
| Harvey L. Clark | |
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| Participant at the Champoeg Meetings | |
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In office 1843–1843 |
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| Constituency | Tualatin Plains |
| Chaplain of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon | |
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In office 1845–1845 |
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| Born | October 7, 1807 Chester, Vermont |
| Died | March 24, 1858 (aged 50) Forest Grove, Oregon |
| Spouse(s) | Emiline |
Harvey L. Clark (October 7, 1807 – March 24, 1858) was an educator, missionary, and settler of what became Forest Grove, Oregon, United States. A native of Vermont, he moved to Oregon Country where he participated at the Champoeg Meetings and helped to found Tualatin Academy that later became Pacific University. Clark also worked for the Methodist Mission and was a chaplain for the Provisional Legislature of Oregon in 1845.
Harvey Clark was born in Chester, Vermont, on October 7, 1807. In Vermont he married Emeline, and they would have three children. In 1840, Clark, with his wife, moved to Oregon Country as a missionary to the Native Americans.
Clark traveled overland to the region, arriving in September 1840. He was an independent missionary, unaffiliated with any missionary organization such as the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. His party included mountain men, Alvin T. Smith, P. B. Littlejohn, and those two’s wives. In Oregon, Clark first taught at the Methodist Mission’s first location at Mission Bottom on the French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. He then moved to West Tuality on the Tualatin Plains, and taught there for the Mission. This location would later become the town of Forest Grove, and Clark would take a land claim at the location. In 1843, he was one of several participants from the Tualatin Valley that participated in the Champoeg Meetings. At the May 2, 1843 meeting, Clark voted for the creation of the Provisional Government of Oregon, which passed by a 52 to 50 margin.
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