Background
Clark, Samuel was born in January 1800 in Clarksville, Cayuga County, New York, United States.
United States representative politician
Clark, Samuel was born in January 1800 in Clarksville, Cayuga County, New York, United States.
He attended Hamilton College in Clinton and studied law in Auburn.
In 1826 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Waterloo. He was elected as a Jacksonian from New York"s 25th congressional district to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835. After leaving Congress, he resumed his practice at Waterloo.
In 1842, he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and began a law practice there and became recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the state.
In 1852, he was elected as a Democrat from Michigan"s 3rd congressional district to the Thirty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855. He lost to Republican David South. Walbridge in the general election of 1854.
On July 17, 1856, President Franklin Pierce nominated Clark to be register of the land office in the northeastern land district of Minnesota Territory. He discontinued the practice of his profession and retired from political activities and became greatly interested in agricultural pursuits.
He died in Kalamazoo and is interred in Mountain Home Cemetery there.
Clark was a member of the Michigan State Constitutional Convention in 1850.