October 16, 1831  d. June 18, 1909

Sidney Clarke, a Representative from Kansas; born in Southbridge, Worcester County, Mass., October 16, 1831; attended the public schools; publisher of the Southbridge Press in 1854; settled in Lawrence, Kans., in 1859; enlisted as a volunteer during the Civil War; appointed assistant adjutant general of Volunteers by President Lincoln February 9, 1863; captain and assistant provost marshal general for Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate in 1870 for reelection to the Forty-second Congress.

Member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and served as speaker; moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., in 1889 and engaged in railroad building; chairman of the statehood executive committee in 1891; member of the Territorial council 1898-1902. Clarke served on the Oklahoma Historical Society's board of directors from 1896 until 1906.

Died in Oklahoma City, Okla., on June 18, 1909; interment in Fairlawn Cemetery.  His papers are housed at the Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives at the University of Oklahoma.

The Daily Oklahoman 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
June 16, 1909, page 1

Prominent Citizen Is Critically Ill

Sidney Clarke is reported in serious condition at hi home and practically no hope of his recovery is held. He has been confined to his bed owing to complications of disease, among them being heart trouble.

Sources:

Clarke, Sidney, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774- Present http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

FindAGrave http://www.findagrave.com December 2008

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