Sidney Clarke | |
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| Member of theOklahoma Territorial Council for the 6th district | |
| In office 1888–1902 | |
| Preceded by | J. W. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Herbert H. Champlin |
| 2ndMayor of Oklahoma City | |
| In office November 11, 1889 – November 12, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | William Couch |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Jackson Beale |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | A. Carter Wilder |
| Succeeded by | David P. Lowe |
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| Born | (1831-10-16)October 16, 1831 |
| Died | June 18, 1909(1909-06-18) (aged 77) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Resting place | Fairlawn Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
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Sidney Clarke (October 16, 1831 – June 18, 1909) was aU.S. representative fromKansas, a Kansas state speaker of the house, and anOklahoma territorial legislator. He was a part of the Oklahoma statehood movement.[1]
Born inSouthbridge, Massachusetts, Clarke attended the public schools. He was publisher of the Southbridge Press in 1854, and settled inLawrence, Kansas, in 1859. Clarke enlisted as a volunteer during theCivil War, and was appointed assistantadjutant general of Volunteers by President Lincoln February 9, 1863. He served as captain and assistantprovost marshal general for Kansas,Nebraska,Colorado, andDakota.
Clarke was elected as aRepublican to theThirty-ninth,Fortieth, andForty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871). He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1870 for reelection to theForty-second Congress.
Clarke served in the Kansas state house of representatives in 1879 as an independent and was elected speaker.[1] He moved toOklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1889 and engaged in railroad building.[1] He served as chairman of the statehood executive committee in 1891, and as member of the Territorial council from 1898 to 1902. He also served on the Oklahoma City Council and as the second provisional mayor.[1] He died in Oklahoma City, and was interred in Fairlawn Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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