Smith Clark

Smith Clark
Smith Clark
Born	1791/1792
Died	September 12, 1876 (aged 84); Haddam, Connecticut, US
Alma mater	Yale College (1817)
Occupation	Lawyer; legislator;
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives; from the Haddam district
	In office; January 1827 – June 1827 Serving with Simon Shailor
Governor	Oliver Wolcott Jr.; Gideon Tomlinson
Preceded by	George W. Smith
Succeeded by	Charles Arnold

Smith Clark was a lawyer and legislator in 19th-century Connecticut.

Clark was born in 1791 or 1792, and went on to graduate from Yale College in 1817. A lifelong lawyer in his home town of Haddam, Connecticut, Clark also served as a probate court judge.^[1]

Clark was a representative from Haddam in the Connecticut General Assembly for a single term. In January 1827, Clark took the seat of and served alongside through that June. Clark's seat was picked up by the following February.^[2]

On September 12, 1876, Clark died at the age of 84; he was survived by one son.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "1817" (PDF), Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, vol. 36, Yale University, June 27, 1877, pp. 6–7, archived (PDF) from the original on July 10, 2015, retrieved February 6, 2020
^ "State Officers, 1799.". Roll of State Officers and Members of General Assembly of Connecticut from 1776–1881. Hartford, Connecticut: Lockwood & Brainard Company. 1881.

External links[]

Smith Clark at Find a Grave

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[1877_Yale-1] "1817" (PDF), Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, vol. 36, Yale University, June 27, 1877, pp. 6–7, archived (PDF) from the original on July 10, 2015, retrieved February 6, 2020

[1881_Roll_of_State_Officers_and_Members_of_General_Assembly_of_Connecticut_from_1776–1881-2] "State Officers, 1799.". Roll of State Officers and Members of General Assembly of Connecticut from 1776–1881. Hartford, Connecticut: Lockwood & Brainard Company. 1881.

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