Frank Gay Clarke

Frank Gay Clarke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1897 – January 9, 1901
Preceded by	Henry Moore Baker
Succeeded by	Frank Dunklee Currier
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
In office 1889
Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office 1891–1893
Preceded by	Hiram D. Upton
Succeeded by	Robert N. Chamberlain
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office 1885 1891
Personal details
Born	September 10, 1850 Wilton, Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA
Died	January 9, 1901 (aged 50) Peterborough, Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA
Resting place	Pine Hill Cemetery Peterborough, Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Frances A. Brooks Clarke
Children	Mabel Frances Clarke
Parents	Moses Clarke Julia Gay Clarke
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Profession	Lawyer Politician
Military service
Years of service	1885 - 1887
Rank	Colonel
Unit	staff of Governor Hale

Frank Gay Clarke (September 10, 1850 – January 9, 1901) was an American politician, lawyer, and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Clarke attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1873.^[1] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He began his practice in Peterborough.

Career

Clarke served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1885. He was appointed Colonel on the military staff of Governor Hale, and served in that capacity from 1885 to 1887. He was elected and served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1889; was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1891, and was chosen Speaker of that body.^[2]

Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses, Clarke served as United States Representative for the second district of New Hampshire from March 4, 1897, until his death.^[3]

Death

Clarke died of an aneurysm in Peterborough on January 9, 1901^[4] (age 50 years, 121 days). He is interred at Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough.

Family life

Son of Moses and Julia Gay, Clarke married Frances A. Brooks on May 13, 1875 and they had one daughter, Mabel Frances.^[5]

References

1. Dartmouth College. Catalogue. Dartmouth College, 1898. p. 60. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
2. Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation. American Publishers' Association, 1904 - Biography. p. 222. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
3. Neale, Walter. Autobiographies and portraits of the President, cabinet, Supreme court, and Fifty-fifth Congress, Volume 1. The Neale company, 1899 - Political Science. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
4. United States Congress. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Frank G. Clarke (late a Representative from New Hampshire): Delivered in the House of Representatives and the Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - Legislators. p. 5. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
5. Dartmouth College. Necrology. Dartmouth College 1899. p. 84. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

External links

• United States Congress. "Frank Gay Clarke (id: C000460)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Find A Grave

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