Sidney Clarke
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Sidney Clarke | |
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| Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council for the 6th district | |
| In office 1888–1902 | |
| Preceded by | J. W. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Herbert H. Champlin |
| 2nd Mayor of Oklahoma City | |
| In office November 11, 1889 – November 12, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | William Couch |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Jackson Beale |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | A. Carter Wilder |
| Succeeded by | David P. Lowe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 16, 1831 |
| Died | June 18, 1909 (aged 77) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Resting place | Fairlawn Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
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Sidney Clarke (October 16, 1831 – June 18, 1909) was a U.S. representative from Kansas, a Kansas state speaker of the house, and an Oklahoma territorial legislator. He was a part of the Oklahoma statehood movement.[1]
Born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, Clarke attended the public schools. He was publisher of the Southbridge Press in 1854, and settled in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1859. Clarke enlisted as a volunteer during the Civil War, and was appointed assistant adjutant general of Volunteers by President Lincoln February 9, 1863. He served as captain and assistant provost marshal general for Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota.
Congressional career
Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871). He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1870 for reelection to the Forty-second Congress.
