John Bullock Clark

John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 October 29, 1885) was a politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress.

John Clark
Member of the
C.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 3rd district
In office
February 18, 1864  May 10, 1865
Preceded byCaspar Bell
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Confederate States Senator
from Missouri
In office
February 18, 1862  February 18, 1864
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byGeorge Vest
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 3rd district
In office
December 7, 1857  July 13, 1861
Preceded byJames Lindley
Succeeded byWilliam Hall
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
In office
1850–1851
Personal details
Born(1802-04-17)April 17, 1802
Madison County, Kentucky, US
DiedOctober 29, 1885(1885-10-29) (aged 83)
Fayette, Missouri, US
Political partyDemocratic

Early life and education

John B. Clark Sr. was born in Madison County, Kentucky, a nephew of Congressmen Christopher Henderson Clark and James Clark. He attended the country schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1824. Establishing a law practice in Fayette, Missouri, he served as clerk of the Howard County courts from 1824 until 1834.

Career

Clark was commissioned colonel of Missouri Mounted Volunteers during the Black Hawk War in 1832 and was selected to command Missouri state forces during the Missouri Mormon War. Governor Lilburn Boggs addressed his infamous 1838 Extermination Order 44 to Clark, directing that the Mormons be "exterminated, or driven from the state." He was promoted to major general of the state militia in 1848.

Entering politics, Clark was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1850 and 1851. He was appointed as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James S. Green. He was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses and served from December 7, 1857, until July 13, 1861, when he was expelled for having taken up arms against the Union. He was replaced by William Augustus Hall.

Clark served as a senator from Missouri in the First Confederate Congress and a Representative in the Second Confederate Congress. He also served in the field as a brigadier general in the Missouri State Guard. Eight days prior to his being expelled from the U.S. Congress, Brigadier General Clark fought at the July 5, 1861 Battle of Carthage.

On November 10, 1865, Major General Philip Sheridan recommended the release of Senator Clark from confinement at Fort Jackson due to poor health.[1]

After the war, he practiced law until his death in Fayette, Missouri. He was buried in Fayette Cemetery.

His son John Bullock Clark Jr. served as a general in the Confederate States Army as well as a postbellum U.S. Congressman.

See also

Notes

  1. Philip, Sheridan. "War of the Rebellion: Serial 121 Page 0794". Ohio State University. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

Party political offices
Preceded by
First
Whig nominee for Governor of Missouri
1840
Succeeded by
Charles Allen
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
James Lindley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 3rd congressional district

1857–1861
Succeeded by
William Hall
Confederate States Senate
New constituency Confederate States Senator (Class 1) from Missouri
1862–1864
Served alongside: Robert Peyton, Waldo Johnson
Succeeded by
George Vest
Confederate States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Caspar Bell
Member of the C.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 3rd congressional district

1864–1865
Constituency abolished
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