Freeman Clarke

Freeman Clarke (March 22, 1809 – June 24, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

Freeman Clarke
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
March 4, 1871  March 3, 1875
Preceded byCharles H. Holmes
Succeeded byCharles C. B. Walker
Constituency28th district (1871–73)
29th district (1873–75)
In office
March 4, 1863  March 3, 1865
Preceded byRobert B. Van Valkenburgh
Succeeded byRoswell Hart
Constituency28th district
2nd Comptroller of the Currency
In office
March 9, 1865  February 6, 1867
PresidentAbraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Preceded byHugh McCulloch
Succeeded byHiland R. Hulburd
Personal details
Born(1809-03-22)March 22, 1809
Troy, New York
DiedJune 24, 1887(1887-06-24) (aged 78)
Rochester, New York
Political partyRepublican

Born in Troy, New York, Clarke went into business for himself at the age of fifteen. He began his financial career as cashier of the Bank of Orleans, Albion, New York. He moved to Rochester, New York, in 1845.

He became director and president of banks, railroads, and telegraph and trust companies of Rochester and New York City, and later served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at Baltimore in 1852 and as vice president of the first Republican State convention of New York in 1854.

He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867.

Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865). He was Comptroller of the Currency from March 9, 1865, to February 6, 1867.

Clarke was again elected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875).

He died in Rochester, New York, on June 24, 1887, and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY.

  • United States Congress. "Freeman Clarke (id: C000461)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Freeman Clarke at Find a Grave
Political offices
Preceded by
Hugh McCulloch
Comptroller of the Currency
1865–1867
Succeeded by
Hiland R. Hulburd
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 28th congressional district

1863-1865
Succeeded by
Roswell Hart
Preceded by
Charles H. Holmes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 28th congressional district

1871-1873
Succeeded by
Horace B. Smith
Preceded by
Seth Wakeman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 29th congressional district

1873–1875
Succeeded by
Charles C. B. Walker

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