Freeman Clarke
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United States House of Representatives
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from New York
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during the American Civil War
American Civil War
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.
Born in Troy, New York
Troy, New York
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, 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
Albion, New York
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. He moved to Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
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, 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
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to the Thirty-eighth
38th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members...
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
42nd United States Congress
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and Forty-third
43rd United States Congress
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Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875).
He died in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
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, on June 24, 1887 and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery.