Lincoln Clark
Lincoln Clark | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Shepherd Leffler |
Succeeded by | John Parsons Cook |
Personal details | |
Born | Conway, Massachusetts, U.S. | August 9, 1800
Died | Conway, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 16, 1886
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Amherst College |
Occupation | Attorney |
Lincoln Clark (August 9, 1800 – September 16, 1886) was a lawyer and one-term
Born in Conway, Massachusetts, Clark attended the district and private schools. He was graduated from Amherst College in 1825. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Pickensville, Alabama. He served as member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1834, 1835, and 1845. He moved to
Clark moved to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1848. Two years later, in 1850, he was elected as a Democrat to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district, defeating Whig candidate John Parsons Cook by only 150 votes out of over 15,000 cast.[2] Clark served in the Thirty-second Congress, from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853. In a rematch in 1852, Cook unseated Clark. Two years later, Clark tried again to regain his seat, but was defeated.
In 1857, Clark was elected to the
Clark eventually left Iowa to practice law in
In 1869, he retired from active business and returned to Conway, Massachusetts. He died in Conway on September 16, 1886. He was interred in Howland Cemetery.
References
- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-07-04
- ^ a b Benjamin F. Gue, "History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century," Vol. 4 (Lincoln Clark), pp. 50 (1902).
- ^ Olynthus B. Clark, "The Politics of Iowa During the Civil War and Reconstruction," p. 24 (Iowa City: Clio Press 1911).
- United States Congress. "Lincoln Clark (id: C000445)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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