Sidney Clarke

Sidney Clarke

Sidney Clarke (born October 16, 1831 in Southbridge , Worcester County , Massachusetts , † June 18, 1909 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1871 he represented the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sidney Clarke attended the public schools in his home country. In 1854 he published the Southbridge Press newspaper. In 1859 he moved to Lawrence in the Kansas Territory . When the civil war broke out , he signed up as a volunteer. By the end of the war he rose to become captain of the military police. He was its deputy chief for the Kansas, Nebraska , Colorado , North Dakota and South Dakota area .

Clarke was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1864 he was elected as their candidate for the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Abel Carter Wilder on March 4, 1865 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete a total of three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1871 . From 1869 to 1871 he was chairman of the Indian Committee.

Since he was not confirmed in the elections of 1870, Clarke resigned from Congress in March 1871. In 1879 he was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, and became president. In 1889 Clarke moved to Oklahoma City, Indian Territory , where he got involved in the railroad business. In 1891 he became a member of the committee that prepared the state of Oklahoma. From 1898 to 1902 he was a member of the Oklahoma Territory Governing Council . Sidney Clarke died on June 18, 1909 in his new hometown of Oklahoma City.

Web links

• Sidney Clarke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Sidney Clarke in the database of Find a Grave (English)