Franklin Clark
Franklin Clark (August 2, 1801 – August 24, 1874) was a
United States representative from
Maine. He was born in
Wiscasset, Massachusetts (now in
Maine) on August 2, 1801. He attended the common schools, then engaged in the lumber and shipping business there. He was elected a member of the
Maine Senate in 1847. He was elected as a
Democrat to the (
Thirtieth Congress) (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). After retiring from Congress, he reengaged in the manufacture of lumber, and died in
Brooklyn, New York on August 24, 1874. His interment was in
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, Kings County,
New York.
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