Edward Clark (politician)

Edward Clark

Edward Clark (born April 1, 1815 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † May 4, 1880 in Marshall , Texas ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) and the eighth governor of the state of Texas.

Clark was born in Louisiana in 1815 to Elijah Clark, Jr., a brother of John Clark , the governor of Georgia from 1819 to 1823. His father died in the early 1830s, and he and mother moved to Montgomery , Alabama , where he studied law and was also admitted to the bar. In 1840 he married Lucy Long, who died a few months later. In 1841 he moved to Texas and opened a law firm in Marshall. In 1849 he married Martha Melissa Evans, with whom he had four children.

In 1845 he became a delegate in Texas and a member of the House of Representatives and State Senator during the second legislative term. Clark fought under James Wilson Henderson in the Texan-Mexican War, as well as in the Battle of Monterrey . From 1853 to 1857 he was State Secretary under Governor Elisha M. Pease , then Vice Governor (1859–1861). On March 18, 1861, he succeeded Sam Houston as governor of Texas and remained in office until November 7 of the same year. He was succeeded by Francis Lubbock .

After leaving his post as governor, he was Colonel in the army of the Confederate 14th Texan and leaders Infantry - regiment . At the Battle of Pleasant Hill he was wounded in the leg and took his leave of the army with the rank of brigadier general , but this was not confirmed by the military leadership in Richmond . At the end of the civil war , like many other civil and military leaders from the southwest, he fled to Mexico . He stayed there only a short time, however, and returned to Marshall. After some business ventures, he worked in his legal practice until his death in 1880.

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SURNAME	Clark, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 1, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH	May 4, 1880
Place of death	Marshall , Texas