Daniel Clark (politician, 1766)

Daniel Clark (* around 1766 in Sligo , Ireland ; †  August 16, 1813 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) was an Irish- American politician . Between 1806 and 1809 he represented the Orleans Territory as a delegate to the United States House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Clark attended, among other things, Eton College in England . In 1786 he came to New Orleans, which at that time was still part of Spain . There Clark worked in the banking industry and in the field of land speculation. He saw the city fall to France in 1801 and then to the United States in 1803 following the Louisiana Purchase by President Thomas Jefferson . On October 1, 1804, the Orleans Territory was founded in his new home.

Clark was proposed as a member of the first territorial governing council, but declined the offer. Instead, he was elected as the first delegate of the new territory to Congress in Washington, DC in 1806, where he took up his new mandate on December 1, 1806. Since he was also elected for the following legislative period, he was able to represent his territory in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1809. For the elections of 1808 he was no longer nominated for another legislative period; after that, Clark withdrew from politics. He died in New Orleans on August 16, 1813.

Web links

• Daniel Clark in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)