Born in Troy, New York, Clarke went into business for himself at the age of fifteen. He began his financial career as cashier of the Bank of Orleans, Albion, New York. He moved to Rochester, New York, in 1845.
He became director and president of banks, railroads, and telegraph and trust companies of Rochester and New York City, and later served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at Baltimore in 1852 and as vice president of the first Republican State convention of New York in 1854.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867.
Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865). He was Comptroller of the Currency from March 9, 1865, to February 6, 1867.
Clarke was again elected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875).
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January 01, 1970
freeman, clarke, march, 1809, june, 1887, representative, from, york, during, american, civil, member, theu, house, representativesfrom, yorkin, office, march, 1871, march, 1875preceded, bycharles, holmessucceeded, bycharles, walkerconstituency28th, district, . Freeman Clarke March 22 1809 June 24 1887 was a U S Representative from New York during the American Civil War Freeman ClarkeMember of theU S House of Representativesfrom New YorkIn office March 4 1871 March 3 1875Preceded byCharles H HolmesSucceeded byCharles C B WalkerConstituency28th district 1871 73 29th district 1873 75 In office March 4 1863 March 3 1865Preceded byRobert B Van ValkenburghSucceeded byRoswell HartConstituency28th district2nd Comptroller of the CurrencyIn office March 9 1865 July 24 1866PresidentAbraham LincolnAndrew JohnsonPreceded byHugh McCullochSucceeded byHiland R HulburdPersonal detailsBorn 1809 03 22 March 22 1809Troy New YorkDiedJune 24 1887 1887 06 24 aged 78 Rochester New YorkPolitical partyRepublican Born in Troy New York Clarke went into business for himself at the age of fifteen He began his financial career as cashier of the Bank of Orleans Albion New York He moved to Rochester New York in 1845 He became director and president of banks railroads and telegraph and trust companies of Rochester and New York City and later served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at Baltimore in 1852 and as vice president of the first Republican State convention of New York in 1854 He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867 Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Thirty eighth Congress March 4 1863 March 3 1865 He was Comptroller of the Currency from March 9 1865 to February 6 1867 Clarke was again elected to the Forty second and Forty third Congresses March 4 1871 March 3 1875 He died in Rochester New York on June 24 1887 and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester NY External links edit nbsp Biography portal United States Congress Freeman Clarke id C000461 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Freeman Clarke at Find a Grave Political offices Preceded byHugh McCulloch Comptroller of the Currency1865 1867 Succeeded byHiland R Hulburd U S House of Representatives Preceded byRobert B Van Valkenburgh Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 28th congressional district1863 1865 Succeeded byRoswell Hart Preceded byCharles H Holmes Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 28th congressional district1871 1873 Succeeded byHorace B Smith Preceded bySeth Wakeman Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 29th congressional district1873 1875 Succeeded byCharles C B Walker nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Freeman Clarke amp oldid 1111943490, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
