John Blades Clarke
John Blades Clarke (born April 14, 1833 in Augusta , Bracken County , Kentucky , † May 23, 1911 in Brooksville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .
Career
John Clarke attended public schools in his home country. In the winter months of 1851 and 1852 he taught himself as a teacher. After studying law and its made in 1854 admitted to the bar he began in Rockport ( Indiana to work) in this profession. In December 1855, he moved his office and residence to Brooksville. Between 1858 and 1862 he was a prosecutor in the local Bracken County.
Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . Clarke was a member of the Kentucky Senate between 1867 and 1870 . In the congressional elections of 1874 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John Duncan Young on March 4, 1875 . After a re-election in 1876, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1879 . In 1878 John Clarke renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he practiced again as a lawyer in Brooksville. He died there on May 23, 1911.
Web links
- John Blades Clarke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- John Blades Clarke in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Clarke, John Blades |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1833 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | near Augusta , Kentucky |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1911 |
Place of death | Brooksville , Kentucky |