Charles B. Clark

Charles B. Clark

Charles Benjamin Clark (born August 24, 1844 in Theresa , Jefferson County , New York , †  September 10, 1891 in Watertown , New York) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1891 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Clark attended public schools in his home country. In 1855 he came to Wisconsin with his widowed mother, where the family settled in Neenah , Winnebago County . During the Civil War , Clark served in an infantry unit of the Union Army from Wisconsin . After the war he worked in commerce, banking and the paper industry.

Politically, Clark was a member of the Republican Party . From 1880 to 1883 he served as the mayor of Neenah. After that he was a member of the local city council until 1885. In 1885 he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly . In the congressional elections of 1886 , Clark was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Richard W. Guenther on March 4, 1887 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1891 .

In the elections of 1890 he was defeated by the Democrat Lucas M. Miller . Charles Clark died just six months after leaving the US House of Representatives while visiting Watertown. He was buried in his home, Neenah.

Web links

• Charles B. Clark in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles B. Clark in the database of Find a Grave (English)