Background
Clark, Franklin was born on August 2, 1801 in Wiscasset, Maine, United States.
Clark, Franklin was born on August 2, 1801 in Wiscasset, Maine, United States.
He attended the common schools, then engaged in the lumber and shipping business there.
He was elected as a Democrat to the (Thirtieth Congress) (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). After retiring from Congress, he reengaged in the manufacture of lumber, and died in Brooklyn, New York on August 24, 1874. His interment was in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New New York
He was elected a member of the Maine Senate in 1847.