| LC control no. | n 82219707 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clark, James, 1779-1839 |
| Variant(s) | Clarke, James, 1779-1839 |
| See also | Kentucky. Governor (1836-1839 : Clark) |
| Associated place | Kentucky |
| Located | Clark County (Ky.) Winchester (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1779-01-16 |
| Death date | 1839-08-27 |
| Place of birth | Otter, Peaks of (Va.) |
| Place of death | Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Whig Party (U.S.) United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors |
| Found in | His Circular address of James Clark and Richard A. Buckner, 1828: t.p. (James Clark) DAB (Clark, James; repr. to U.S. Cong. from Kentucky; b. 1/16/1779; d. 9/27/1839) WwW in Am. (Clark, James, gov. Ky., congressman; b. Jan. 16, 1779; d. Sept. 27, 1839; gov. Ky., 1836-1839) Historical sketches of Ky., 1848: p. 285 (James Clarke) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Oct. 7, 2015 (CLARK, James, (brother of Christopher Henderson Clark and uncle of John Bullock Clark), a Representative from Kentucky; born near the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, Va., Jan. 16, 1779; moved with his parents to Clark County, Ky., in 1794; was educated by private tutors; attended Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Winchester, Ky., in 1797; member of the State house of representatives in 1807 and 1808; appointed judge of the court of appeals in 1810; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses and served from Mar. 4, 1813, until taking a leave of absence from the Congress on Apr. 8, 1816; resigned prior to Aug. 1816; judge of the circuit court 1817-1824; elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Clay; reelected to the Twentieth Congress; and elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first Congresses and served from Aug. 1, 1825, to Mar. 3, 1831; chairman, Committee on Territories (Twenty-first Congress); member of the State senate 1831-1835; elected, as a Whig, Governor of Kentucky in 1836, and served until his death in Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 27, 1839; interment in the private burial ground of the old Clark home at Winchester, Clark County, Ky.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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