Richard H. Clarke | |
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 Clarke in 1896 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | James T. Jones |
| Succeeded by | George W. Taylor |
| Member of theAlabama House of Representatives | |
| In office 1900-1901 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Taylor Jones (1843-02-09)February 9, 1843 |
| Died | September 26, 1906(1906-09-26) (aged 63) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Richard Henry Clarke (February 9, 1843 – September 26, 1906) was a politician andU.S. Representative fromAlabama.
Born inDayton, Alabama, Clarke attendedGreen Springs Academy. He graduated from theUniversity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in July 1861. He soon enlisted in theConfederate States Army, and during theCivil War was a lieutenant in the First Battalion of Alabama Artillery.
After the war, Clarke studied law andpassed the bar in 1867; he commenced practice inDayton, Alabama.
He moved toDemopolis, Alabama, and continued to work as a lawyer. There he was elected as State Solicitor for Marengo County, serving 1872-1876. He was prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial circuit in 1876 and 1877.
He moved toMobile, Alabama, where he resumed a law practice.
In 1877 he married Helen Gaines Foot, a native of Mobile. Her father, C. K. Foot, was a native of Vermont, and a descendant of Nathaniel Foot, one of the early settlers ofWethersfield, Connecticut. Her mother was Sarah Lyons, of Mobile, of the distinguished Pendleton and Gaines families. His wife spent her early years in Mobile, but she later attended school in New York City.[1]
Their daughters, Helen Gaines and Mary Morris Clarke, resembled their mother in face and manner.[1]
Clarke was elected as aDemocrat fromAlabama's 1st congressional district to theFifty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1897). He was not a candidate for renomination, as he ran in 1896 for governor. He was not successful.
Clarke resumed the practice of law in Mobile. He was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1900 and 1901.
He died inSt. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1906. His body was returned to Mobile, where he was buried inMagnolia Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's 1st congressional district 1889–1897 | Succeeded by |
