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Affiliation | Anti-Administration Democrat |
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Name | Horace F. Clark |
Address | New York, New York , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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November 29, 1815
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Died | June 19, 1873
(57 years)
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Contributor | RBH |
Last Modifed | RBH Oct 20, 2019 01:43am |
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Info | CLARK, Horace Francis, a Representative from New York; born in Southbury, Conn., November 29, 1815; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1833; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1837, where he was prominent in financial, political, and railroad circles; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); became director of the New York & Harlem Railroad, and subsequently was president of the Union Pacific, the Michigan Southern, and many other railroads; active manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co. and president of the Union Trust Co.; died in New York City on June 19, 1873; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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