Henry Alden Clark

Henry Alden Clark (born January 7, 1850 in Harborcreek , Erie County , Pennsylvania , †  February 15, 1944 in Erie , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1919 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Clark attended the public schools of his home country and then the Erie Academy until 1864 . He graduated from Edinboro State Normal School in 1865 and 1866 and the Willoughby Collegiate Institute in 1867 . He then taught as a teacher for some time. At the same time he continued his own education at Erie Central High School until 1870 . This was followed by studies at Harvard University until 1874 . After completing a law degree at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1878, he began to work in this profession. Until 1887 he worked for Thomas Alva Edison's electrical company . From 1882 he lived in Erie, where he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1888 he became a member of the local city council; In 1890 he was Republican city and district chairman. Clark also published the Erie Gazette between 1890 and 1892 . From 1896 and 1899 he was the legal representative of the city of Erie.

Clark served in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1911, 1913, and 1915 . In the 1916 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 25th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat Michael Liebel on March 4, 1917 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1918, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1919 . This was shaped by the events of the First World War .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Henry Clark practiced law again. Between 1921 and 1931 he was a judge at the Guardianship Court in Erie County. He died at the age of 94 on February 15, 1944 in Erie, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

• Henry Alden Clark in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Michael Liebel	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (25th constituency) March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919	Milton William Shreve