Background
Clark, William was born on February 18, 1774 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Clark, William was born on February 18, 1774 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
He served as secretary of the Pennsylvania land office from 1818 to 1821, and State treasurer from 1821 to 1827. He was Treasurer of the United States from June 4, 1828 to November 1829. Clark was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses.
After Congress, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and died near Dauphin in 1851.
He was a member of the State constitutional revision commission in 1837.