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Clark, Edward, 1815-1880

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Personal name headingClark, Edward, 1815-1880
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See alsoTexas. Governor (1861 : Clark)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedMarshall (Tex.)
Birth date1815-04-01
Death date1880-05-04
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Place of deathMarshall (Tex.)
AffiliationTexas. Legislature. House of Representatives
Texas. Legislature. Senate
Texas. Governor
Profession or occupationLawyers Legislators Lieutenant governors Governors
Found inTexas State Library and Archives Commission, Portraits of Texas Governors web page, May 20, 2016: (Edward Clark, Mar. 16, 1861-Nov. 7, 1861; born Apr. 1, 1815 in New Orleans; moved to Marshall, Tex. in 1842 to pactice law; elected to the House of Representatives in the 1st Legislature and state Senate in 2nd Legislature; lieutenant governor under Sam Houston; replaced Houston as governor after Houston's refulsal to take oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America; died in Marshall, May 4, 1880)
Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Governors of Texas, 1846-present web page, May 20, 2016: (Edward Clark; member, Texas House of Representatives, 1846-1847; member, Texas Senate, 1847-1849; Lt. Governor, Dec. 21, 1859-Mar. 16, 1861)