Gaylord Judd Clarke was an American newspaper editor, lawyer, poet and politician from New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 and Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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Life

He graduated from Union College

Union College

Union College is a private, non-denominational liberal arts college located in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. In the 19th century, it became the "Mother of Fraternities", as...

 in 1859. He married Frances H. Corey (daughter of Hon. Allen Corey, of Troy, New York

Troy, New York

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). He edited the Lockport

Lockport (city), New York

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 Advertiser from 1860 to 1863.

In 1862, he was elected on the Democratic ticket an Inspector of State Prisons

New York State Prison Inspector

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, being in office from 1863 to 1865. Afterwards he removed to Plattsmouth, Nebraska

Plattsmouth, Nebraska

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He studied law, and was admitted to the bar on July 19, 1869. In July, 1870, Governor Edmund J. Davis

Edmund J. Davis

Edmund Jackson Davis was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. He was a Southern Unionist and served as a Union general in the American Civil War, besides serving one term as the 14th Governor of Texas.-Early years:...

 appointed him, as a Republican, Judge of the 25th Judicial District of Texas. He was shot dead in the street by lawyer Benjamin F. Williams after a gunfight between Williams and Albert Jennings Fountain

Albert Jennings Fountain

Albert Jennings Fountain was a lawyer, Indian fighter, and Republican politician in Texas and New Mexico.-Biography:...

in Ben Dowell's Saloon in El Paso.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 411 and 507)
• QUERIES AND ANSWERS in NYT on March 13, 1919
• Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters by Bill O'Neal (republished by University of Oklahoma Press, 1991, ISBN 0806123354 , ISBN 9780806123356 ; page 112)
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/marr2.htm His widow's second marriage, at RootsWeb