John C. Clark
| John C. Clark | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district |
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In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
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| Preceded by |
Elias Whitmore William Mason |
| Succeeded by |
Robert Monell Jeremiah E. Cary |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 14, 1793 Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 25, 1852 (aged 59) Elmira, New York |
| Political party |
Jacksonian Democrat Whig |
John Chamberlain Clark (January 14, 1793 – October 25, 1852) was a United States Representative from New York.
Clark was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on January 14, 1793. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811. Clark then studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hamilton, New York.
In 1818, Clark moved to Bainbridge. A Democratic-Republican, then a Jacksonian and later a Democrat, he served as District Attorney of Chenango County from 1823 to 1827. In 1826, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives 21 District and he served in the 20th United States Congress, March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1829. He resumed practicing law and in 1836 returned to the U.S. House, again representing the 21st District. He began his term as a Democrat, but switched to the Whig Party in 1837 because he favored continuation of the Second Bank of the United States rather than the independent Treasury favored by President Martin Van Buren and the Democrats. Clark was re-elected to Congress as a Whig in 1838 and 1840, ultimately serving in the 25th, 26th, and 27th Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843).
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