Ambrose W. Clark

Ambrose W. Clark

Ambrose Williams Clark (born February 19, 1810 in Cooperstown , New York , † October 13, 1887 in Watertown , New York) was an American publisher, lawyer and politician . Between 1861 and 1865 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ambrose Williams Clark was born in Otsego County about two years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He attended public schools. Clark worked as a publisher. He published the Otsego Journal between 1831 and 1836 , the Northern Journal in Lewis County between 1836 and 1844 and the Northern New York Journal in Watertown between 1844 and 1860 . He also worked as a guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) for five years . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1860 for the 37th Congress , Clark was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 20th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Roscoe Conkling on March 4, 1861 . He was re-elected once and then retired from Congress on March 3, 1865 . Civil war raged in the United States during his two terms .

President Abraham Lincoln appointed him consul in Valparaíso in 1865 - a position he held until 1869. During the ambassador's absence in Chile in 1869 , he served as Chargé d'Affaires there . He died on October 13, 1887 in Watertown and was then buried in Brookside Cemetery .

Web links

• Ambrose W. Clark in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ambrose W. Clark in the database of Find a Grave (English)